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70 Years ago: "I don't think being required to prove you're a literate citizen with a test is suppression of the will of the people"

If you look at the people affected it's clear that it is racial disenfranchisement under a different name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test

parent MPetitt 9 years ago

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