b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie
I don’t know the details of the origins of this provision but Mississippi’s 1890 Redeemer constitution was specifically written to keep blacks — who were a majority of the state population — from holding political power. This kind of requirement does the trick pretty effectively. — PolitiTweet.org
Stephen Wolf @PoliticsWolf
This is a victory against a literal Jim Crow law: Mississippi's 1890 constitution requires candidates for governor… https://t.co/8qj7M6fObz