Grandfather Clause
the grandfather clause
grandfather clause
What is a grandfather clause, and what was its purpose
What is a grandfather clause, and what was its purpose
deprive African Americans of their legal right basically a hidden form of slavery
The point of using a grandfather clause was to allow literacy tests to be conducted for voting but not to deny the right to vote for those who's ancestors had the right to vote before the literacy tests were created.
To limit voting by African Americans
I think you misunderstand the term "grandfather clause ". It was a statute enacted by the southern states in reconstruction that allowed potential white voters to bypass literacy tests, poll taxes, and other things to stop African Americans from voting. It had nothing to do with family lines.
In southern states
Disfranchise it
That black people couldn't vote.
by poll taxes, made them pass literacy test, and the Grandfather clause. :)