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With the poll tax repealed, what would white women turn their attention to next in the fight for voting rights? Good question. Without a good answer. In this episode we discuss disenfranchisement of Asian populations and then get into the Civil Rights movement as it related to voting rights up to the 1960s. Whether it be the hand of history leaving out the details, or the general absence of white women in the fight for rights that weren’t directly related to them, there’s not a lot to find. In this episode we go through some of the background and tragedy that led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. 

All In: The Fight for Democracy

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08FRQQKD5/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

Alabama Literacy Test 1964

https://iowaculture.gov/history/education/educator-resources/primary-source-sets/right-to-vote-suffrage-women-african/voter-registration-literacy

Selma to Montgomery March History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches#"Bloody_Sunday"_events 

Voting Rights Act of 1965

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965

House Vote on VRA of 1965

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87

Senate Vote on VRA of 1965

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78#details