- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- Citizenship Test, 1949
- Date of Original:
- 1949-02-25
- Subject:
- Voter registration--Georgia
Georgia--Race relations
Literacy tests (Election law)--Georgia
Political rights--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Citizenship test portion of 1949 Voter's Registration Act (Act 297, H.B. 2).
Applicants for voter registration were required to read and write a section of the Georgia Constitution as a literacy test. If they could not read or write, they could take an oral examination to demonstrate that they understood "the duties of citizenship under a republican form of government..." Applicants had to correctly answer 10 out of 30 questions. - Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/adhoc/id/595
- Rights Holder:
- Users may download the images for personal or educational use
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
Enrolled Acts and Resolutions, House and Senate, Legislature, RG 37-1-15, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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