Taking a Jim Crow-Era Literacy Test
June 6, 2025
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Mr. Beat and Sharon McMahon (@sharonsaysso) struggle through a Jim Crow-Era literacy test that determined whether or not African Americans had the right to vote.
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward
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A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner
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