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Junior Chimp
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« on: September 20, 2020, 09:17:43 PM » |
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A lot of good comments upthread, so I wanted to come at this from a different perspective--how many Black people were able to vote in the South in 1956? Obviously most were disenfranchised, but taking a look at where some were able to vote is worthwhile.
For example, the Democratic machine in Memphis had a deep base in the Black community, whom they frequently paid poll taxes for. That alone might be a big chunk of the Black Southern vote in 1956.
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