Tag: Louisiana

Happy Founder’s Day Grambling State University

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Anniversary, Schools and Education

Today's blog was written by Kaitlin Rogers, Archives Technician at the National Archives at College Park “Where Everybody is Somebody” [Photograph of Long-Jones Hall, originally called Long Hall on Grambling State University’s campus. Louisiana SP Grambling State University Historic District, NAID 73973950] On November 1, 1901, the Colored Industrial and Agricultural School, known today as … Continue reading Happy Founder’s Day Grambling State University

Voting Rights in the Early 1960s: “Registering Who They Wanted To”

by RediscoveringBlog, posted in Civil Rights, Civil Rights Protest & Issues, Voting Rights

Part II: Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, and other 1971(a) Barriers to the Black Vote In 1962, Deputy Attorney General Burke Marshall reported that “racial denials of the right to vote” existed in eight states, with only fourteen percent of eligible black citizens registered to vote in Alabama, and just five percent in Mississippi. There were … Continue reading Voting Rights in the Early 1960s: “Registering Who They Wanted To”