A state commission in Virginia on Thursday called for the repeal of outdated, racist laws that legally entrenched segregation, barred interracial marriage and prevented black voters from casting ballots, among other measures. In its 72-page report, the Commission to Examine Racial Inequity said it found "deeply troubling" instances of “explicitly racist language and segregationist policies” enacted from 1900 to 1960, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The panel said that although most of the laws have been declared unconstitutional, they could still be revived by a court. The laws in question focused on three distinct periods: When Virginia adopted laws to override Reconstruction-era policies, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the Civil Rights Movement. Another from the same year requires local governments to grant private school vouchers to white students who refuse to attend integrated schools.

Source: Fox News December 05, 2019 22:52 UTC