A Lesson On Race From Mississippi: Slavery Finally Outlawed
From care2.com by Jessica Pieklo February 20, 2013
"This month, Mississippi took one small leap forward and became the last state in the union to officially ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which banned slavery.
Originally ratified in 1865, it only took the Mississippi legislature 148 years and inspiration from the Oscar-nomiated film “Lincoln” to get it done. According to the Huffington Post, University of Mississippi Medical Center professor Dr. Ranjan Batra saw the film last year and was inspired to find out what happened after states voted on the amendment. His research uncovered that while Mississippi originally voted to reject the 13th Amendment, the state legislature eventually voted to approve the amendment in 1995. Despite the fact that the measure had passed both legislative chambers, nobody ever got around to letting Washington know by forwarding the measure on to the Office of the Federal Register. When Bantra and another Mississippi resident brought the oversight to the attention of Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, he filed the paperwork and ratification was official February 7.
Congratulations, Mississippi."
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"This month, Mississippi took one small leap forward and became the last state in the union to officially ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which banned slavery.
Originally ratified in 1865, it only took the Mississippi legislature 148 years and inspiration from the Oscar-nomiated film “Lincoln” to get it done. According to the Huffington Post, University of Mississippi Medical Center professor Dr. Ranjan Batra saw the film last year and was inspired to find out what happened after states voted on the amendment. His research uncovered that while Mississippi originally voted to reject the 13th Amendment, the state legislature eventually voted to approve the amendment in 1995. Despite the fact that the measure had passed both legislative chambers, nobody ever got around to letting Washington know by forwarding the measure on to the Office of the Federal Register. When Bantra and another Mississippi resident brought the oversight to the attention of Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, he filed the paperwork and ratification was official February 7.
Congratulations, Mississippi."
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