This Document Provides A History Of Literacy Test, Which Made It Nearly Impossible For Irish And African American Citizens To Vote. It Also Lists Pros And Cons Of Literacy Tests And Lists Which States Had Them. It Includes A Section For "the Denial Of Equal Educational Opportunities" Which Would Cause Citizens To Be Unable To Pass A Literacy Test.

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March 22, 1965, Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service: The Literacy Test as a Qualification for Voting in the United States.

Identifier:
EMD_Working_Papers-f266-1965_03_22
Contributing Institution:
The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL
Title:
March 22, 1965, Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service: The Literacy Test as a Qualification for Voting in the United States.
Date Created:
March 22, 1965
EDTF:
1965-03-22
Creator:
Doyle, Vincent A., 1970-
Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
minutes (administrative records)
Collection:
Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers
Collection Finding Aid:
https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/papers/
Description:
This Document Provides A History Of Literacy Test, Which Made It Nearly Impossible For Irish And African American Citizens To Vote. It Also Lists Pros And Cons Of Literacy Tests And Lists Which States Had Them. It Includes A Section For "the Denial Of Equal Educational Opportunities" Which Would Cause Citizens To Be Unable To Pass A Literacy Test.
Policy Area:
Government Operations and Politics, Crime and Law Enforcement, Law, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Social Welfare
Names:
Doyle, Vincent A., 1970-
Congress:
89th (1965-1967)
Physical Location:
Everett Dirksen Working Papers, Box 4, Folder 266
Type:
Text