Grandfather+Clauses



Grandfather Clauses:

In order to exclude African Americans, Mexicans, and certain whites from voting in the South, a number of hurdles were obtained in the state constitutions and Jim Crow laws passed from 1890 to 1910. These clauses restricted these people from voting if they had grandfathers that had voted prior to blacks being granted suffrage. Other requirements such as poll taxing and literacy tests also kept African americans from voting. States with the grandfather clauses included Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and North Carolina. Later these laws proved unconstitutional by the NAACP. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h426.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clause http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/Freedmen_Voting__South_Carolina__1868.jpg American Pathway to the Present pg. 333