PLSC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Benjamin Tillman, Naacp Legal Defense And Educational Fund, Grandfather Clause

• School: Winthrop University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PLSC 201
• Professor: Huffmon

Document Summary

Concerned with both : freedom to , not freedom . 3 important periods/eras in civil rights: rights for black people. 15 th : these were gutted by several things. Amendment: vote to black men: whites only primary: only . One party at the time (democratic: poll taxes. Run by the elite whites from the black belts . If there is no real competition, the democratic nominee won. Pay a fee (tax) to be allowed to vote. 9/27/17 will not be counted (boxes may not have been labeled and they were shifted around during the day: sc: black codes . You could avoid the literacy test if you were related to someone who would have been qualified to vote. (2) early 20 th : equal protection? jim crow. Century: rights for women, doctrine of protective paternalism , legally limited opportunities for women. What jobs they could hold, and legal duties they could participate in such as owning property.