On the recordApril 17, 2019
The ability to vote was taken away from African Americans in 1900 with the passage of the literacy test.
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congress.govG. K. Butterfield: “The ability to vote was taken away from African Americans in 1900 with the passage of the literacy test.”
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Butterfield discusses historical voter suppression affecting African Americans.
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