1. Poll Tax
2. Literacy tests
“Eddikashun qualifukashun. The Black man orter be
eddikated afore he kin vote with US Wites, signed Mr. Solid
South.” Harper’s Weekly, v. 23 (1879 Jan. 18), p. 52
3. The Grandfather Clause
The end of slavery gave new meaning to an old word. Prior to the Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery,
southern politicians were almost always reelected to Congress. As a result power stayed in the hands of a few. To
keep black from voting, the good old boys passed a Grandfather clause. “If your grandfather didn’t vote, y’all had no
right to vote either.” From 1895 to 1915 7 states used the Grandfather clause to suppress effectiveness of black
voters.
Grandfather is a legal term still used today as a clause creating an exemption based on circumstances previously
existing.
4. Segregation and….
1931
1918
5. Segregation and …
Founded by former Confederate soldiers
after the Civil War (1861–1865) the Ku Klux
Klan (KKK).
6. Segregation and…
In May 1954, the Supreme Court gave their
decision regarding school segregation.
While the case in Topeka is the most wellknown, Brown vs. Board of Education is
actually a compilation of 5 cases against
school segregation and unequal facilities.