Straight from our “SMDH” file comes a so-called literacy test unearthed by Slate that Louisiana used to administer to voters. It was supposedly geared toward whites and blacks who couldn’t prove a ...

North Carolina's constitution still includes outdated language from a literacy test used to disenfranchise Black voters. Rep. Terry Brown, D-Mecklenburg, is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers ...

In his new book, “Dangerous Learning: The South’s Long War on Black Literacy,” legal scholar Derek Black tells the story of the resistance to Black literacy in America. The author looks at three ...