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22 gru 2023 · Officially, states could present literacy tests to voters of any race who were unable to provide proof that they’d attained an education beyond a fifth-grade level. But it quickly became obvious that these tests were disproportionately administered to Black voters — and were made virtually impassable.
Between the 1850s [1] and 1960s, literacy tests were used as an effective tool for disenfranchising African Americans in the Southern United States. Literacy tests were typically administered by white clerks who could pass or fail a person at their discretion based on race. [2]
After the Civil War and Reconstruction, southern states employed a range of tactics to prevent blacks from exercising their right to vote. They used violence, vote fraud, gerrymandering, literacy tests, white primaries, among others. These tactics caused registration by blacks to drop significantly.
10 paź 2022 · Literacy tests targeting Black voters have long been part of America's history. Though no longer illegal new voting restrictions implemented since 2020 are creating new barriers to the...
As adopted by a number of southern states, the literacy test was used to disfranchise literate southern Blacks while allowing illiterate southern whites to vote. The literacy test, combined with other discriminatory requirements, effectively disfranchised the majority of Black citizens in the South from the 1890s until the 1960s.
7 lis 2023 · As Ohioans go to vote Tuesday, organizers are hoping their efforts to canvass and register thousands of Black voters pay off. "The Black vote in Ohio is like a sleeping giant," said Prentiss Haney of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative.
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