Button, Abolish Poll Tax: 100% Democracy, circa 1940
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By 1900, most southern states required citizens to pay a tax to vote. Poll taxes were one way to keep Blacks and many poor whites from voting. Though some states repealed their poll tax laws by 1950, five still clung to them. The passage of the 24th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution in 1964 and subsequent court rulings abolished the discriminatory practice.
By 1900, most southern states required citizens to pay a tax to vote. Poll taxes were one way to keep Blacks and many poor whites from voting. Though some states repealed their poll tax laws by 1950, five still clung to them. The passage of the 24th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution in 1964 and subsequent court rulings abolished the discriminatory practice.
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
circa 1940
Subject Date
circa 1940
Place of Creation
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Pop Up Exhibit
Object ID
2005.9.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Vutetakis Family.
Material
Metal
Paint (Coating)
Dimensions
Diameter: 0.75 in
Inscriptions
front: ABOLISH POLL TAX / 100% DEMOCRACY
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