Negro disfranchisement in North Carolina : the politics of race in a southern state
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jerry Wayne Cotten (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Allen Trelease
Abstract: The election campaign of 1900 marks the culmination of efforts by white North Carolinians to circumvent Negro suffrage in the years following emancipation. As a new century opened Tar Heel voters gave their nod of approval to a state constitutional amendment which effectively barred Negroes from the ballot box. Sponsored by the Democratic party, this amendment provided literacy tests for all voters, but its provisions also included a discriminatory loophole by which illiterate whites might escape thi6 test and qualify for the franchise. The campaign to convince white voters of the security of their own suffrage rights under the amendment proved to be a challenging ta6k for the Democratic party. Race became the essential issue of the election, and the Democrats' firm determination to recapture the state in 1900 resulted in a political contest characterized by unprecedented fraud and intimidation. The study presented here is an attempt to capture the mood of the campaign for disfranchisement as experienced by the citizens of North Carolina, both black and white. It focuses upon grass roots activities as revealed in a variety of the most reliable firsthand sources currently available. By its special emphasis this investigation seeks to define and clarify the essential segments of North Carolina's population which supported and opposed the disfranchisement of the Negro in this state.
Negro disfranchisement in North Carolina : the politics of race in a southern state
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- Language: English
- Date: 1973