History of suppressing Black voters: Florida Poll Tax (1889-1938)

When the Civil War ended, Black Americans were almost half 0f the population of Florida. Just like other southern states, most Black Americans in Florida were enslaved and none had the legal right to vote. Then the 15th Amendment in 1870 theoretically gave the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race, color or previous […]

Former Georgia Deputy Bragged About Beating Black Man, Threatened To Try Suppressing Black Votes, FBI Investigation Reveals

An investigation by the FBI revealed that a former Georgia deputy threatened to charge Black people with felonies to keep them from voting and bragged about beating a Black man. Cody Richard Griggers, who was a deputy in Wilkinson County, Georgia, shared through text messages in an alleged extremist hate group that he beat a Black […]