[This week’s episode features a special excerpt from my forthcoming book, A DEEPER SOUTH: The Beauty, Mystery, and Sorrow of the Southern Road. Available for pre-order now!] Following the Civil War, the US government laid down the conditions for the readmission of secessionist states in the Reconstruction Act of 1867. Section 5 of that act required each of those states to draft “a constitution of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident in said State for one year previous to the day of such election.” In 1868, like other Southern states, Mississippi wrote a new constitution that affirmed in law the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted full citizenship and equal protection to the formerly enslaved. The Constitution was ratified by the people of Mississippi in December 1869, but it did not hold sway for very long.
I might be your Mom and otherwise biased but your writing is magical, riveting and ALWAYS educational and insightful... your recent piece is once again, powerful, riveting, historically and currently relevant and important.
We are SO proud of you and your wonderful writing as you continue to enlighten and educate!
Dear Pete,
I might be your Mom and otherwise biased but your writing is magical, riveting and ALWAYS educational and insightful... your recent piece is once again, powerful, riveting, historically and currently relevant and important.
We are SO proud of you and your wonderful writing as you continue to enlighten and educate!
Love beyond measure,
Mom and Dad❤️❤️👍👍