Raising it to that high might be problematic in court, seeing as the district is "so extremely irregular on its face that it rationally can be viewed only as an effort to segregate the races for purposes of voting, without regard for traditional districting principles".
What is untraditional about a map like that in Alabama?
In 2000, AL-7 was 70.0% black and included an arm over towards Birmingham. The 2000s redistricting dropped to 62.0%.
In 2000, AL-7 and AL-6 were 70.0% and 14.9%, after redistricting 62.0% and 26.0%.