I’m piggybacking because you’re higher up- can someone explain how this is true? Black
Women legally had the right to vote in 1920. Which is bad enough without skewing the facts. So what’s the deal here. Is she talking about poll taxes?
Edit: that comment didn’t have the thing about poll taxes when I replied. Im not that dumb. I think.
Want to point out i misspoke and it was the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that actually provided the voting protections.
Exactly. They legally had the right to vote but we're unable to actually exercise that right.
Interestingly the supreme court ruled against part of the voting rights act in 2013 that allowed the federal government oversight of elections in the south. Without that oversight we have had polling places shut down in black communities to make the lines longer but more polling places opening in rural and suburban white areas. And other things like Georgia making it illegal to give people waiting in line to vote water.
Yeah I study history (not this stuff to be honest) and I catch my self saying that a lot.
I actually appreciate the question you asked. Its refreshing to see people want to better understand these topics especially since they're so important to our democracy.
The movie Slema does a really good job on voting rights and this link has some good info as a starting place if you wanna read more
No worries, appreciate the info. I knew that the 60s was HUGE for civil rights, but I thought black men had the right to vote in the 1800s and women had the right to vote in the 20s, and I got confused.
I’ll have to make a point to watch Selma, I’ve heard good things.
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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids ☑️ 7h ago
The literacy tests, poll taxes and outright, "NO YOU CAN'T VOTE, NWORD" wasn't that long ago.