Saturday 14 March 2020

'The spirit of democracy' Exhibit explores American voting

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - When Louisville civil rights leader Mattie Jones attempted to vote in an election in Mississippi in the 1950s, she had to pay a poll tax, pass a literacy test and sing the Star-Spangled Banner.

When she sang the national anthem off-key, Jones was denied the ...
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