Segregation & public facilities
The 1902 constitution, written in Richmond to end Black voting
Convention 12 June 1901 - 26 June 1902; in force 10 July 1902The Virginia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Richmond, VA
A convention sitting at the Capitol in Richmond wrote a new state constitution whose purpose its own architect stated out loud: to eliminate every Negro voter who could legally be got rid of. Black voting fell by about eighty per cent, and the delegates never let the voters ratify it.