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Watch Harvard Students Fail the Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote in 1964
This summer, we revisited a literacy test from the Jim Crow South. Given predominantly to African-Americans living in Louisiana in 1964, the test consisted of 30 ambiguous questions to be answered in 10 minutes. One wrong answer, and the test-taker was denied the right to vote.
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