Wednesday, August 28, 2013

50 Years Ago Today








Photo Art by Nikkolas Smith




Voting, a right or a privilege?


Poll tax receipt from Miller County, Arkansas



Poll tax receipt from San Francisco




Poll tax receipt from Bowie County, Texas




Literacy Test from Louisiana



EXTRA:

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

1 comment:

  1. That literacy test thing is ob-frickin-scene. [And so are the new restrictions in NC: no student IDs, no college polling places? "Only Old White People Need Apply"]

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