1915

Guinn & Beal v. United States

Oklahoma, OK

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The Supreme Court struck down an Oklahoma 'grandfather clause' that exempted white voters from new literacy tests while disenfranchising Black voters[5]. The Court held that such clauses violated the Fifteenth Amendment by creating a racial barrier to voting[5]. This decision was one of the first federal court rulings …

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