“In short, Virginia ensured that there would be schooling for whites but not blacks; and after that, the state changed its laws so that those who were illiterate would not be able to vote.” EducationRacismAmerican HistoryLiteracyUs HistoryJim CrowVoter Suppression Book:One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy Source: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
“Bilbo was pointing to the power of the literacy test and understanding clause, which were tailor-made for societies that systematically refused to educate millions of their citizens and ensured that the bulk of the population remained functionally illiterate...for most of the twentieth century, many Jim Crow school systems did not have high schools for African Americans.” EducationRacismAmerican HistoryLiteracyUs HistorySuffrageVoter Suppression Book:One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy Source: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy