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Last time NC amended the state constitution on marriage



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We learn via ThinkProgress on Twitter that the last time North Carolina amended the state constitution about marriage it wasn't very pretty.

North Carolina's Constitution, 1875: "All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the third generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited."
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