History They Don’t Teach You: The Poll Tax

This is a receipt for $1.50. In 1955, it was the price a Black man in Texas paid for the right to vote, and it was a full day’s wages. So, do you feed your family or cast your ballot?

If a vote didn’t matter, no one would have built a whole system to stop people from casting one and this past Tuesday was a major example of the power of voting.

This is history they don’t teach you in school but absolutely should.

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