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The Racial History Of The 'Grandfather Clause'

This editorial cartoon from a January 1879 edition of <em>Harper's Weekly </em>pokes fun at the use of literacy tests for blacks as voting qualifications. (Wikimedia Commons)
This editorial cartoon from a January 1879 edition of Harper's Weekly pokes fun at the use of literacy tests for blacks as voting qualifications. (Wikimedia Commons)

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