Mississippi Constitution of 1868

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:State_of_Mississippi
1868
gptkbp:containsProvision Universal male suffrage
Civil rights protections
Public education system
gptkbp:context Reconstruction after American Civil War
gptkbp:draftedBy gptkb:Mississippi_Constitutional_Convention_of_1868
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mississippi Constitution of 1868
gptkbp:locationOfDrafting gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:purpose Reconstruction era governance
gptkbp:ratifiedBy Mississippi voters
December 1, 1869
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Mississippi_Constitution_of_1832
gptkb:Mississippi_Constitution_of_1890
gptkbp:requires Racially integrated public schools
gptkbp:significance Expanded civil rights in Mississippi
First Mississippi constitution to enfranchise African Americans
gptkbp:sufragio African American men
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mississippi_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5