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White supremacist Democrats in the late 1800s created literacy tests for Black voters, but exempted illiterate white voters. Into the 1950s, the tests were used to stop educated Black voters from ...

The landmark Voting Rights Act ultimately banned literacy tests, along with poll taxes, and the result was a surge in registered Black voters.". Bendery added, "It’s not clear whether Divine ...

Any Jackson says, “The literacy test was used to strip the voting rights of black North Carolinians,” and warns that “passing this repeal is not a slam dunk,” referencing how voters have ...

Report card. Pass rates on teacher certification exams taken September 2013 through July 2016. Academic Literacy Skills Test . White: 69%. Black: 38% ...

Black voters told USA TODAY that Ramaswamy’s proposal mirrors the literacy tests used decades ago. “It sounds reasonable on its surface, but its implementation is really discriminatory.

As a new wave of restrictions makes voting harder for people who struggle to read — now 1 in 5 Americans — people like Olivia Coley-Pearson have taken up the fight, even if it makes her a target.

Bazemore was represented by attorney James Walker Jr., a native of Ahoskie, one of the first Black graduates of UNC-Chapel ...

Now one of the incarcerated teachers is suing, claiming he was retaliated against for teaching that literacy tests were racist. M. Spencer Green/Associated Press Criminal Justice Prisoncast!

The tests were just one tool white leaders used to keep Black citizens from voting. Ending literacy tests was a main part of the landmark civil rights legislation known as the Voting Rights Act of ...