Mississippi Lawmaker Criticizes Special Session Location at Old Capitol

Mississippi lawmaker criticizes special session location at Old Capitol

Old Capitol choice ignites new controversy over voting rights”

Mississippi House to debate redistricting in Old Capitol where Jim Crow, secession were passed

When House members meet this month for a special session to redraw state Supreme Court districts, they will convene in the Old Capitol building, where Mississippi lawmakers once implemented Jim Crow and voted to secede from the Union over slavery. Black lawmakers told Mississippi Today that the optics of moving to dilute Black voting power in a building where officials previously voted to systemically disenfranchise Black citizens is tone deaf a…