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1870 - Mississippi Readmitted to the Union with Voting Rights Condition

The U.S. Congress passed a resolution to readmit Mississippi to representation in Congress, with the condition that the state would never amend its constitution to disenfranchise Black citizens. This move was part of Reconstruction-era efforts to enforce civil rights for newly freed African Americans, though such protections were later undermined during the Jim Crow era.

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