24TH AMENDMENT

24th amendment

BACKGROUND

• 5 states had a pole tax that affected the poor from voting
• Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas
• The pole tax was specifically set up so blacks couldn't vote
• The tax affected blacks because most didn't have jobs

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Malcolm X
• They were important because they were the main protesters
• They were brave enough to risk their lives for what they believe in
• In 1968 MLK actually did die for what he believed in

TATICS

• Protest
• Violence
• The most famous is the speech I have a dream by MLK Jr.

SIGNIFICANCE TO AMERICAN HISTORY

• Now as long as your a citizen of America you can vote
• Black and whites are now treated closer to equals
• Now more blacks are democrats and more whites are republic
• 50 years ago black people couldn't vote and now the president is black

LAWS AND AMENDMENTS

• 24th amendment
• Voting right acts
• Voting rights act- stopped the grandfather rule
• The grandfather rule was if you grandpa didn't vote then you can't either