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he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country's history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said ...

ironic it is that your -- the justice says when they're nominate and they're going through the confirmation process, they say we don't like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was -- like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. >> that's a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. >> exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to ...

Vote. it was one of the nation's first ever jim crow laws. and while parts of the constitution were dunaway but the civil rights era, other parts remained in place. they continue to disenfranchise black voters in mississippi. there was one amendment in that constitution that had a rule, barring people convicted of certain crimes from. voting crimes that black citizens were disproportionately convicted of having committed. flash forward to -- brought a challenge to that law. a challenge that basically wound its way all the way up to the u.s. supreme court. all the way up to today. the conservat...

In the american south on an incredible time scale. and as you can imagine, the backlash to it was just as swift. in 1890, aggrieved wide lawmakers in mississippi, they passed a new state constitution, disenfranchising black voters with poll taxes. literacy tests a bunch of other stuff designed to make it harder for black people to vote. it was one of the nation's first ever jim crow laws. and while parts of the constitution were dunaway but the civil rights era, other parts remained in place. they continue to disenfranchise black voters in mississippi. there was one amendment in that constitut...

Senate Bill 328 makes it level 6 felony, punishable by up to two-and-a-half years behind bars, for a person to knowingly or intentionally vote more than one ballot in the