“...tests for voting, which were banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a tool used to suppress African-American voters.”
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So being an informed and educated citizen is an exclusive province of the white devils?
I think I get it, now........
The point is that white voters were given a pass. Look up the origin of the term "Grandfather Clause." Passed in seven southern states after the end of Reconstruction, it stated that voters whose grandfathers were eligible to vote before 1867 were exempt from taking the test.