Mississippi's Late Ratification of the 13th Amendment
On this day in 1995, Mississippi tried to ratify the 13th Amendment, which prohibits slavery “except as a punishment for crime”. This article explores why it took Mississippi so long to ratify the Amendment, and the role of GOP legislators in this process.

Ibram X. Kendi
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