Voting Rights before the VRA

  EPISODE SUMMARY Violence, intimidation, and murder were not enough. In this episode, the hosts discuss how southern states used legal structures post Reconstruction to nullify rights embodied in the Fifteenth Amendment. White primaries, poll taxes, literacy tests, and other "legal" policies worked to virtually eliminate Black Americans from the voting rolls. A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE To download the transcript, CLICK HERE LINKS IN THIS EPISODE CLICK HERE TO LEAVE FEEDBACK Follow Ellis Conversations on Twitter Follow Judge Ronald Ellis on Twitter Follow Jamil Ellis on Twitter Follow Jamil Ellis on LinkedIn OTHER EPISODES OF INTEREST