Box 62
Container
Contains 1 Result:
"Tax-poll tax", 1947
File — Box: 62, Folder: 4-5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and newspaper clippings primarily concerning the lynching of Willie Earl near Pickens, South Carolina, and the subsequent trial that produced a verdict of "not guilty" for the lynch mob. Also included is correspondence concerning legislation (H.R. 29) making unlawful the requirement for the payment of a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a primary or other election for national officers.
Dates:
1947