Were you aware that the Jim Crow laws are still in the Mississippi constitution, and Alabama.?

Question

And did you know that in 1999. Interracial marriges became legal in Alabama?

I graduated from a HBCU(Historically black college university) in Alabama, I have learned that Alabama has the purest form of white racism.

I graduated from a HBCU(Historically Black College University) in Alabama, I have learned that Alabama has the purest form of white racism.

1930: Miscegenation [State Code]
Miscegenation declared a felony. Nullified interracial marriages if parties went to another jurisdiction where such marriages were legal. Also prohibited marriages between persons of the Caucasian race and those persons who had one eighth of more Asian blood.

1942: Voting rights [Constitution]
Instituted poll tax requirement.

1942: Miscegenation [State Code]
Marriage between white and ***** or Asian void. Penalty: $500 and/or up to ten years imprisonment. Anyone advocating intermarriage subject to fine of $500 and/or six months.

1942: Health Care [State Code ]
Segregated facilities at state charity hospital and separate entrances at all state hospitals.

1956: Education [State Code & Constitution]
Separate schools to be maintained. All state executive officers required to prevent implementation of school segregation decision by "lawful means." Governor may close any school if he determines closure to be in best interest of majority of ch

Answer 1

Well homey - the Klan still holds sway over the South -so, don't get caught in a crossfire.

Answer 2

I think you need to go back to college, skippy. Here's a link to the Mississippi Constitution; I just read it, and for the life of me I can't find a single "Jim Crow" law anywhere in it. Actually, it sounds pretty fair to me.

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/law_lib_research/laws/msconst.html

Alabama, on the other hand, isn't quite the same. The state constitution is more than 360,000 words long - more than 12 times longer than most state constitutions and longer than the US Constitution - but the majority of racial elements in the original state constitution have since been amended and made moot. The law requiring racial segregation is still on the books, but it has not been enforced since the 1960s when the federal government ordered all public schools desegregated.

Here's a link to wikipedia which gives you the whole story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Constitution

Your post is misleading at best, racial and untruthful at worst. The supposedly simple statements you make are half-truths and out-and-out lies which appear to be nothing more than a veiled attempt by you to stir up controversy.

So whatever "HBU" you went to wasted your time and took your money by feeding you lies, disinformation, and half-truths. All anyone has to do to see this is just run a Yahoo! search, and the truth is easily found out.

Just what "HBU" did you attend, anyway?

Additional Comment:

Nice try, skippy, but all of the codes you cited were the ones I was referring to when I said that majority of the racial elements had been amended and made moot.

So how about posting the amendments that made them moot? or will that kill your attempt at disinformation?

Answer 3

Not being American I don't even know wht the Jim Crow law is, but I know that any time I've been to the states both Mississippi and Alabama still seem to be caught in bit of a time warp and full of rednecks. Not some place I'd like to live. I do find it odd that they actually had to pass a law to allow interracial mariage. Weird!

Answer 4

That's noose to me