Disenfranchisement

Examples of Disenfranchisement in the following topics:

• Disenfranchising African Americans

  • Black Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era was based on a series of laws, new constitutions, and practices that deliberately were used to prevent black citizens from registering to vote and voting.
  • They succeeded in disenfranchising most of the black citizens, as well as many poor whites in the South, and voter rolls dropped dramatically in each state.
  • The literacy test was subjectively applied by white administrators, and the two provisions effectively disenfranchised most blacks and many poor whites.
  • The disenfranchisement of a large proportion of voters attracted the attention of Congress, and in 1900 some members proposed stripping the South of seats, related to the number of people who were barred from voting.
  • Assess the impact of the disenfranchisement of African Americans in South during the last part of the nineteenth century

• Progressivism for Whites Only

  • All the Southern states (and Oklahoma) used devices to disenfranchise black voters during the Progressive Era.
  • Typically the progressive elements in the states pushed for disenfranchisement, often fighting against the conservatism of the Black Belt whites.
  • A major reason given was that whites routinely purchased black votes to control elections, and it was easier to disenfranchise blacks than to go after powerful white men.
  • While their voter registration requirements applied to all citizens, in practice they disenfranchised most blacks.
  • He benefited by the disenfranchisement of blacks and crippling of the Republican Party in the South.

• Women and the Law

  • While women gained some legal rights in the nineteenth century, African-American women, in particular, remained largely disenfranchised.
  • African-American women were even more disenfranchised under the law, facing the intersecting oppressions of gender and race.

• Asian Americans

  • Like African American communities in southern states, Asian American communities have faced a long history of voter discrimination and disenfranchisement in the US .
  • Asian American communities have a long history of both disenfranchisement and political participation in the US.

• Enfranchisement and Its Limits

  • At the same time, however, New York effectively disenfranchised free black men in 1822 (black men had had the right to vote under the 1777 constitution) by requiring that “men of color” possess property valuing more than $250—an exorbitant amount at the time.
  • The Supreme Court of North Carolina originally upheld the ability of free African Americans to vote before they were disenfranchised by the decision of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835.

• From Property to Democracy

  • The Supreme Court of North Carolina upheld the ability of free African-Americans to vote before they were disenfranchised by the decision of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835.

• African American Migration

  • Many in Louisiana were inspired to leave the state when the 1879 Louisiana Constitutional Convention decided that voting rights were a matter for the state (not federal) government, thereby clearing the way for the disenfranchisement of Louisiana's black population.

• Examples

  • He hopes they will appreciate the struggle by women, African Americans, and other previously disenfranchised groups to overcome barriers to such participation, and that they will also register to vote if they have not already done so.

• The Spread of Segregation

  • Many southern states passed requirements for voting after the Civil War that effectively disenfranchised African-Americans.

• African Americans

  • Although it is important to note that poor white residents were also disenfranchised by many of these provisions.