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By the 1950s, the intersection of sexist and racist customs and law was apparent to those fighting the poll tax. This created collaborations between activists involved in the poll tax movement and those active in the broader civil rights movement. Louisiana abandoned its poll tax law in 1932, and the number of women voters increased by 77 percent.
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Ceola Wallace (July 22, 1907 – March 20, 1994) was an American seamstress and civil rights activist from Mississippi. She was one of the African-American women who filed lawsuits in the women's poll tax repeal movement to eliminate the requirement to pay taxes before one could vote.
A poll tax is a tax of a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources. Various privileges of citizenship, including voter registration or issuance of driving licenses and resident hunting and fishing licenses, were conditioned on payment of poll taxes to encourage the collection of this tax revenue.
On March 27, 1996, the city held a celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of the poll tax repeal. [8] During the celebration, they honored Butts and other activists involved. [ 8 ] In 2017, Butts' daughter, Charlene Butts Ligon, published a book about her mother called Fearless: How a Poor Virginia Seamstress Took on Jim Crow, Beat the Poll ...
Jotaka Eaddy in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 23, 2025. Credit - Kyna Uwaeme for TIME As a strategy consultant and former tech executive, Eaddy has worked with Silicon Valley companies to measure the ...
Minnie Steckel (March 19, 1890 – December 1, 1952) was an American teacher, psychologist, clubwoman, and an activist involved in the women's poll tax repeal movement. Steckel began her career as a school teacher and worked her way up to school principal, superintendent and school psychologist, earning her bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees.
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