Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)Colonel Sartoris's actions in Faulkner's novel reflect historical voter suppression tactics in the post-Civil War South, a precursor to later discriminatory practices.
Granderson: Praising the Jim Crow era? That's a clear red flagThe Reconstruction era ended not due to achieving equality but a political compromise, leading to the implementation of Jim Crow laws.