via Pinterest user Katie Murphy Let me (or this article on growing up in the 90s, which I credit for the inspiration behind this post) explain why… Also, my notes are in italics and brackets, [ ]s). As a Gen Yer, I’m aware that I was part of the first generation to grow up with the…
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Way back in the day, there used to be literacy and property restrictions on voting, one of which exempted those whose ancestors (i.e. grandfathers) had the right to vote before the Civil War. “The intent and effect of such rules was to prevent poor and illiterate African American former slaves and their descendants from voting, but…