31. White Democrats had poll taxes, and other barriers, such as residency requirements, and subjective literacy tests . 32. The Mississippi constitution no longer requires literacy tests or poll taxes to keep blacks from voting. 33. Blacks were solidly poll taxes and literacy tests . 34. In part to curtail the use of literacy tests , Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 35. The grandfather clause was used in many states temporarily to exempt illiterate white voters from literacy tests . 36. In 1970, Congress amended the Act and expanded the ban on literacy tests to the entire country. 37. For instance, white administrators supervised reading comprehension and literacy tests that highly educated black people could not pass. 38. Other general provisions specifically outlaw literacy tests and similar devices that were historically used to disenfranchise racial minorities. 39. The ILC can help students arrange to complete the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test and community involvement activities. 40. Passed in 1965, this law prohibited the use of literacy tests as a requirement to register to vote.
