From 1890 to 1908, the southern states passed new constitutions or amendments that resulted in disfranchisement of most black people and many poor white people, a status that lasted until after passage of federal civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
From 1890 to 1908, the southern states passed new constitutions or amendments that resulted in disfranchisement of most black people and many poor whites, to prevent the type of Populist coalition that had gained temporary power in the 1880s. This status of political exclusion lasted until after passage of federal civil rights legislation in the 1960s.