Poll taxes were taxes that only blacks were required to pay if they wanted to vote.
The rules on paying these taxes were deliberately confusing and unfair. Poll taxes were used throughout the South as a way to stop African Americans from voting.
Karen Hill
Poll taxes were taxes that only blacks were required to pay if they wanted to vote.
The rules on paying these taxes were deliberately confusing and unfair. Poll taxes were used throughout the South as a way to stop African Americans from voting.
