blacks from voting, like poll taxes, literacy tests and the Grandfather.
Also when some blacks went to vote, people simply wouldn't let.
them register. Due to lack of voting ability, no blacks were elected into.
office and therefore, blacks had no say in the government. Also, blacks.
were not allowed to serve on juries, yet they were almost always found.
guilty in court, even if the evidence was clearly against them. For.
example, years ago a boy in Georgia broke into a school to steal an ice.
cream. While he should have gotten a few hours of community service, he.
got three years in jail just because he was black. A truth to the Kerner.
Commission report that occurs today is that blacks are not being.
represented in Congress proportionally. While 12% of U.S. citizens are.
black, there is only one black in the Senate out of a hundred seats. This.
is a failure because blacks should be proportionally represented because.
it is their right to have a sufficient say in government. However, the.
civil rights movement was more of a success because blacks got the vote.
The 24th amendment outlawed the Poll tax, the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
protects the rights of all citizens to vote, and the Voting Rights Act of.
1965 ended literacy tests and let the Federal government register voters.
to make sure that they aren't discriminated again. Because of this new.
political power they have obtained, blacks have the ability to elect other.
blacks to represent them. There are over four times as many blacks in.
office today, than before the movement. This helped the blacks because.
they could have a representative to speak for them. A few years ago, a.
black named David Dinkins was elected mayor of one of the largest cities.
in America, New York. In 1968, Chrisam became the first black woman in the.
House of Representatives and in 1984, a popular black leader, Jesse.
Jackson ran for president. All this is a success because one of their.
goals was to have political power and equal opportunity.
