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Modern Era: Can You Afford to Vote?

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  • Aug 14 2010 4:30 PM

    Kathyleen Bishop

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This Web page, part of the "Jump Back in Time" section of the America's Story Web site, describes how the 24th Amendment to the Constitution brought about an end to the poll tax on January 23, 1964. Click on the "next" arrow at the bottom of the text to learn more about how the poll tax denied many American citizens the right to vote.

"America's Story from America's Library" aims to make history fun by presenting surprising facts and amazing items from the Library of Congress collections. Less

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