'A Haunting Reminder': Judge Recalls His Experience With Racism in Opposing Jim Crow-Era Voting Law
In his dissent, Judge James Graves Jr. recounted a cross being burned on the lawn of his grandmother's home in Mississippi in 1963.
August 25, 2022 at 03:39 PM
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Civil RightsWhat You Need to Know
- A panel last year upheld a 1890 state constitution provision that prevents people convicted of certain crimes from voting.
- The majority acknowledged the intent of the law's enactment was racist, but said two amendments since then erased that motive.
- Judge Graves said it's
When Judge James Graves Jr. became a Mississippi trial judge in 1991, one side of his bench had the state flag with its Confederate Battle emblem. Twenty years later, joining the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, that same flag flew, he said.
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