Literacy tests
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Literacy tests
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Great thread from @clancynewyork on the persistence of New York's literacy test for voting. It was introduced in 1923, as a wave of anti-immigrant fervor crested in the US, resulting in closing the borders for 40 years. Compare some states' voter ID & "exact match" laws today.Â
Today, I watched video of a @NYHistory event on women's suffrage. @irin said New York State once had a literacy test.👀(That wasn't taught in my NYS schools.) The literacy test aimed to prevent voting by southern European immigrants. Instead, it disenfranchised Puerto Ricans. +
— Eileen Clancy (@clancynewyork) March 2, 2020
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Daily Suffragist
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06/03/2020
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Daily Suffragist, “Literacy tests,” Daily Suffragist, accessed April 18, 2024, https://dailysuffragist.omeka.net/items/show/263.