The Constitution of 1890 was an attempt to keep the racist climate of Mississippi and the subjugation of black citizens alive and well, even when slavery was no longer legal in the nation. Black people's newfound rights were snatched away as quickly as possible, especially the right to vote, which was obstructed with vague legal barriers that made sure to include even illiterate, poor white people while keeping all black people away from the polls, where they could vote for laws that benefited them. In the spirit of this, out of all of the delegates to vote on the Constitution, only one was black. After the 1890 Constitution, black people were actually worse off than they were between the end of slavery and the new Constitution's coming into
