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Before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act of 1964, African Americans had to have numerous qualifications and includes:

  • Poll taxes
  • Literacy test
  • "grandfather" clauses (for example, if your grandfather was a slave, you couldn't vote)
  • suppressive election procedures
  • black codes and enforced segregation
  • bizarre gerrymandering
  • white-only places
  • Physical intimidations
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