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S. Carolina May Get Rid Of Poll Tax: Ranks Of States With Poll Tax Is Growing Smaller

October 30, 1950

Explains that South Carolinians would be voting on eliminating the poll tax,highlights that repealing poll taxes was a goal of Truman’s Civil Rights program, and provides perspective on the supposed history of the poll tax

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Alabama Declines To Present Segregation Briefs

September 23, 1954

Explains that Alabama planned to defy the Supreme Court’s request to desegregate public schools.

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