In Mississippi tomorrow, voters will cast ballots under an election law passed in the Jim Crow era and designed to perpetuate white supremacy, according to a lawsuit filed to invalidate it. A judge on Nov. 1 refused to strike down the law in time for the election – although it may be ruled unconstitutional after ballots are cast.

Historian Gideon Cohn-Postar explains the origins of the law that has kept African Americans from statewide in Mississippi since 1890.

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A lawsuit alleges that the way Mississippi will elect its governor on Tuesday is racist. AP/Rogelio V. Solis

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