Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, where they persistently would do whatever they could to prevent predominantly black residents from voting. They would. One, There were barriers to voter registration, so they wouldn't allow black residents to register to vote. And that was one problem where even though they had 50% black population in certain states, there were zero registered voters from those communities. (04:35–04:42)
CLAIM
Asserts that there were barriers preventing black residents from registering to vote in Texas.
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