Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests.
Author: Michelle Alexander · Original publisher: The New Press, New York, 2010
Tier 3 — Partial text + link. No text is hosted on Gary NOI. Read free: https://archive.org/details/newjimcrowmassin0000alex (Internet Archive lending copy — borrowable; IA item ID as recorded in Tranche A: newjimcrowmassin0000alex; no hosting rights).
