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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “One important contribution to this objective can be the elimination of the poll tax as an obstacle to voting.”

On the recordMarch 21, 1963
One important contribution to this objective can be the elimination of the poll tax as an obstacle to voting.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Telegram to Governors of States Having Yet To Act on the Anti-Poll Tax Amendment.

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