Most African Americans had not learned to read while they were slaves.
Most African American had not learned to read while they were slaves
To Women African-American’s right to vote
Southerners also made sure that African Americans were put in the worst schools with little or no supplies. It is not surprising that they failed the test.
The African Americans were kept from voting with poll taxes, which meant they had to pay to vote and literacy tests where if they failed them they couldn't vote, and since many at the time were illiterate and poor they couldn't vote. Also fear played a factor the Ku Klux Klan would threaten them to keep them away from the polls.
To limit voting by African Americans
They were used to prevent African-Americans from voting.
Most African Americans had not learned to read while they were slaves.
Most African American had not learned to read while they were slaves
Most African Americans had not learned to read while they were slaves.
Southerners also made sure that African Americans were put in the worst schools with little or no supplies. It is not surprising that they failed the test.
To limit voting by African Americans
Southerners also made sure that African Americans were put in the worst schools with little or no supplies. It is not surprising that they failed the test.
The literacy test was intended to prevent African Americans from voting.
The literacy test was a requirement for voting in the United States, used to disenfranchise Black voters in the southern states during the Jim Crow era. It was designed to be unfairly difficult and subjective, with the goal of preventing African Americans from exercising their right to vote. The test was eventually outlawed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Southerners also made sure that African Americans were put in the worst schools with little or no supplies. It is not surprising that they failed the test.
Southerners also made sure that African Americans were put in the worst schools with little or no supplies. It is not surprising that they failed the test.