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G. K. Butterfield: The first thing the act did was to eliminate the literacy test.

On the recordMay 12, 2019
The first thing the act did was to eliminate the literacy test.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Butterfield discusses key provisions of the Voting Rights Act.

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