Theoretically, the black already got the voting rights in 1870 with the passing of the 15th amendment. But in fact, they were not get the right until the passing of The Voting Rights Act. In 1868, the congress revised the 14th amendment. “The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to ‘all persons born or naturalized in the United States,’ which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person ‘life, liberty or property, without due process of law’ or to ‘deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.’”(loc.gov). The 14th Amendment only gave citizens hoods to the black and the slaves who were released before. It did not mention any rights
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At that time period, most black were slaves just released. They were poor and uneducated. The requirement of getting voting rights is to pass the literacy test and pay the roll tax. Most black were not able to meet the standard. The Grandfather Clauses build a adelomophic barrier of blacks’ voting rights. In 1950, a fourteen-year-old black boy named Emmett was killed by white and cut into pieces because he was whistling to a white woman. And “On September 23, 1950, the all-white jury deliberated for less than an hour before issuing a verdict of “not guilty,” explaining that they believed the state had failed to prove the identity of the body. ”(history.com). The judge was doing shoddy work in this case. In 2003, FBI was investigating this case again. And they found that the percentage of aged black people registration in the counties of Mississippi were less than 3%. It was 1950, it’s 80 years away from 1870 when the 15th Amendment
At that time period, most black were slaves just released. They were poor and uneducated. The requirement of getting voting rights is to pass the literacy test and pay the roll tax. Most black were not able to meet the standard. The Grandfather Clauses build a adelomophic barrier of blacks’ voting rights. In 1950, a fourteen-year-old black boy named Emmett was killed by white and cut into pieces because he was whistling to a white woman. And “On September 23, 1950, the all-white jury deliberated for less than an hour before issuing a verdict of “not guilty,” explaining that they believed the state had failed to prove the identity of the body. ”(history.com). The judge was doing shoddy work in this case. In 2003, FBI was investigating this case again. And they found that the percentage of aged black people registration in the counties of Mississippi were less than 3%. It was 1950, it’s 80 years away from 1870 when the 15th Amendment