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Log in through your institution journal article The Modern-Day Literacy Test?: Felon Disenfranchisement and Race DiscriminationStanford Law Review Vol. 57, No. 2 (Nov., 2004) , pp. 611-655 (45 pages) Published By: Stanford Law Review https://www.jstor.org/stable/40040212 Read and download Log in through your school or library Alternate access options For independent researchers Read Online Read 100 articles/month free Subscribe to JPASS Unlimited reading + 10 downloads Journal Information Founded in 1948, the Stanford Law Review is a general-interest academic legal journal. Each year the Law Review publishes one volume, which appears in six separate issues between November and May. Each issue contains material written by student members of the Law Review, other Stanford law students, and outside contributors, such as law professors, judges, and practicing lawyers. Approximately 2,600 libraries, attorneys, judges, law firms, government agencies, and others subscribe to the Law Review. The Law Review also hosts lectures and an annual live symposium at Stanford Law School. Publisher Information The Stanford Law Review is operated entirely by Stanford Law School students and is fully independent of faculty and administration review or supervision. The principal missions of the Law Review are to contribute to legal scholarship by addressing important legal and social issues, and to educate and foster intellectual discourse at Stanford Law School. In addition to producing a publication, the Law Review also hosts lectures and an annual live symposium. Rights & Usage This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. Read Online (Free) relies on page scans, which are not currently available to screen readers. To access this article, please contact JSTOR User Support . We'll provide a PDF copy for your screen reader. With a personal account, you can read up to 100 articles each month for free. Get StartedAlready have an account? Log in Monthly Plan
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journal article Voting Laws, Educational Policies, and Minority TurnoutThe Journal of Law & Economics Vol. 34, No. 2 (Oct., 1991) , pp. 371-393 (23 pages) Published By: The University of Chicago Press https://www.jstor.org/stable/725447 Read and download Log in through your school or library Alternate access options For independent researchers Read Online Read 100 articles/month free Subscribe to JPASS Unlimited reading + 10 downloads Purchase article $14.00 - Download now and later Journal Information Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Established in 1958, The Journal of Law and Economics publishes research on a broad range of topics including the economic analysis of regulation and the behavior of regulated firms, the political economy of legislation and legislative processes, law and finance, corporate finance and governance, and industrial organization. The Journal has published some of the most influential and widely cited articles in these areas. Publisher Information Since its origins in 1890 as one of the three main divisions of the University of Chicago, The University of Chicago Press has embraced as its mission the obligation to disseminate scholarship of the highest standard and to publish serious works that promote education, foster public understanding, and enrich cultural life. Today, the Journals Division publishes more than 70 journals and hardcover serials, in a wide range of academic disciplines, including the social sciences, the humanities, education, the biological and medical sciences, and the physical sciences. Rights & Usage This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. How did the literacy test enacted in many Southern states affect potential voters quizlet?How did the literacy test enacted in many southern states affect potential voters? Many blacks and some poor whites could not pass it.
What was the effect of the use of the literacy test in the South?In the United States, between the 1850s and 1960s, literacy tests were administered to prospective voters, and this had the effect of disenfranchising African Americans and others with diminished access to education.
How did the Alabama literacy test disenfranchise voters?The purpose was to exclude persons with minimal literacy, in particular, poor African Americans in the South, from voting. This was achieved by asking these prospective voters to interpret abstract provisions of the U.S. Constitution or rejecting their applications for errors.
What was the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in the South quizlet?Southern state legislatures employed literacy tests as part of the voter registration process starting in the late 19th century. Literacy tests, along with poll taxes and extra-legal intimidation, were used to deny suffrage to African Americans.
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