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“As in most oppressive societies, those in power knew that an educated population would only upset the political and economic order.”
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“In short, Virginia ensured that there would be schooling for whites but not blacks; and after that, the state changed its laws so that those who were illiterate would not be able to vote.”
― One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
― One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
“The Civil Rights Act (1957), while seemingly a landmark piece of legislation, was actually a paper tiger that had no ability to protect the right to vote. The act did create the Civil Rights Commission, upgrade the Department of Justice's section on civil rights to a division, and authorize the U.S. attorney general to sue those violating the voting rights of American citizens. But it was—by design and implementation—no match for the entrenched resistance to black citizenship.”
― One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
― One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
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