They kept blacks and poor whites from voting
poll taxes and literacy tests
by poll taxes, made them pass literacy test, and the Grandfather clause. :)
voting
The most direct effect of poll taxes and literacy tests on African Americans was to prevent them from voting. The Supreme Court found that poll taxes violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Poll taxes and literacy tests
they made the poll tax law, literacy lawand the grandfather clause to prevent MOST freed black men from voting
Poll taxes and literacy tests
Jim Crow Laws
They were used to prevent African-Americans from voting.
Poll taxes and literacy tests
Poll taxes and literacy tests
poll taxes and literacy tests