Poll taxes were used in the United States until they were outlawed under section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Poll taxes had also been a major source of government funding among the colonies a
Receipt for payment of poll tax, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, 1917 (equivalent to $25 in 2025)
Louis Allen
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Louis Allen was an African-American logger in Liberty, Mississippi, who was shot and killed on his land during the civil rights era. He had previously tried to register to vote and had allegedly talke
Amite County Courthouse in Liberty, where activists had been beaten and Allen was shot at while trying to register to vote.