Guinn v. United States

Guinn v. United States, 238 U.S. 347 (1915) was an important United States Supreme Court decision that dealt with Jim Crow laws, which helped enforce segregation in the United States between 1865 and 1964. The Oklahoma statute in question, while appearing to treat white and black voters equally, allowed an exemption to the literacy requirement for those voters whose ancestors had either been eligible to vote prior to January 1, 1866 or a resident of "some foreign nation"—an exemption that favored illiterate white voters while continuing to disenfranchise illiterate black voters.

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1915 - United States Supreme Court - Jim Crow - United States - 1865 - 1964

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