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Why were southerners successful in using literacy tests to keep African Americans from voting

Why were southerners successful in using literacy tests to keep African Americans from voting
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Why were southerners successful in using literacy tests to keep African Americans from voting

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Southerners were successful in using these tests because they were meant to fail. They made the wording so difficult, which made no sense. They were also successful because at the time, the African Americans had little no to education on literacy.
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