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This is a clipping from the Topeka Capitol. The article explains how Kansas became the twenty sixth state in the country in 1963 to approve an amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish poll taxing nationwide. Poll taxing had been used in several states since the end of the Civil War, particularly southern states, as a way to prevent African Americans from voting. The poll taxing amendment was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The right to vote openly and freely was at the core of the Civil Rights Movement. The passage of the poll tax amendment secured every American citizen the right to vote without having to meet any financial qualifications in order to do so.
Creator: Topeka Capitol
Date: March 29, 1963
Item Number: 215042
Call Number: K 328, V. 34 p.164
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215042
Collections - Library
Date - 1960s - 1963
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - African Americans - Discrimination
People - American Indians
People - Asian Americans
People - European Americans
People - Hispanics
People - Men
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Thematic Time Period - The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975 - Vietnam War
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/215042
