1900:
Voters in North Carolina approved an amendment to Article VI of the state constitution, worded specifically to disenfranchise African-American voters. Under section 4, all persons registering to vote were required to pass a literacy test, "But no male person who was on January 1, 1867, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote and no lineal descendant of any such person, shall be denied the right to register and vote by reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifications herein proscribed"
1910:
The Oklahoma constitution was amended to require literacy tests for all persons except descendants of persons who were free prior to the end of slavery.
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Last editions:
Wednesday, August 1, 1900. Off to see the Wizard.
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