North Carolina disfranchisement amendment of 1900

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The North Carolina disfranchisement amendment of 1900 was a Jim Crow–era constitutional change that effectively stripped most Black citizens of their voting rights through mechanisms like literacy tests and poll taxes.

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instanceOf Jim Crow law ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
aimedAt eliminating Black political power in North Carolina ⓘ
reducing Republican and Populist electoral strength ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction North Carolina ⓘ
approvedBy North Carolina voters in 1900 referendum ⓘ
category 1900 in North Carolina law ⓘ
African-American history of North Carolina ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
discriminatoryAgainst African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

poor voters ⓘ
documentedIn North Carolina legislative records ⓘ
early 20th-century North Carolina newspapers ⓘ
follows post-Reconstruction Black political participation in North Carolina ⓘ
hasConsequence dramatic decline in Black voter registration in North Carolina ⓘ
near elimination of Black participation in juries and local governance ⓘ
hasEffect disenfranchisement of Black voters ⓘ
disenfranchisement of many poor white voters ⓘ
historicalPeriod Nadir of American race relations ⓘ
implementedBy Democratic-controlled North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
inspiredBy similar disfranchisement measures in other Southern states ⓘ
justifiedBy rhetoric of election reform and ending alleged corruption ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisFor exclusion of most Black citizens from voting rolls ⓘ
legalForm constitutional suffrage restriction ⓘ
legalStatus in force after 1900 until mid-20th century voting rights reforms ⓘ
longTermEffect entrenchment of one-party Democratic rule in North Carolina ⓘ
suppression of Black officeholding in North Carolina ⓘ
mainSubject African-American civil rights ⓘ
voter suppression ⓘ
method facially race-neutral requirements applied in discriminatory manner ⓘ
motivatedBy Democratic Party efforts to secure one-party rule in North Carolina ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
opposedBy African-American leaders in North Carolina ⓘ
some white Republicans and Populists ⓘ
partOf Constitution of North Carolina ⓘ
system of Jim Crow segregation in North Carolina ⓘ
precededBy Wilmington insurrection of 1898 ⓘ
regulates voting rights in North Carolina ⓘ
relatedTo Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
startTime 1900 ⓘ
studiedIn scholarship on Jim Crow and Southern disfranchisement ⓘ
targetPopulation Black male voters ⓘ
temporalContext Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
uses grandfather clause ⓘ
literacy tests ⓘ
poll taxes ⓘ

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Wilmington insurrection of 1898 → followedBy → North Carolina disfranchisement amendment of 1900 ⓘ