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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
Preferred term
grandfather clauses
Definition(s)
- State laws, once widely enforced throughout the South, that required all voters to pass a literacy test or to show that their ancestors had been entitled to vote prior to a certain date. These clauses were used routinely to deny blacks the right to vote. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Grandfather Clauses]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JQ2VKV2Z-W
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