For decades, federal courts stepped in to right the racist wrongs of Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution. That legacy did not continue in a recent felony suffrage case.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today July 16, 2023 For decades, starting primarily in the 1950s, the federal courts have stepped in to right the wrongs of Mississippi’s racist 1890 Constitution. Let it be known that on June 30, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court said in its view the wrongs had already been corrected.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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