The voters of the confederate State of Mississippi ratify their constitution of 1890, article III, section 7 of which renounces the State’s Right of Secession; and article XII, section 244, requires the implementation of literacy tests in order to vote.
NOTE: The editors support the concept of literacy tests, PROVIDED they are applied in a non-racist manner.
[restored 6/17/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
mississippi constitution of 1868, article XIII
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mississippi_Constitution_(1868)#ARTICLE_XIII_-_Ordinances_and_Schedule
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 236.
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