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A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppress the black vote

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243 points rcarmo | 4 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.895s | source
1. jccc ◴[22 Oct 24 14:56 UTC] No.41914917[source]▶
Does anyone think it might be important to note in the head that this is 1964?

(That’s actually in the article’s own headline.)

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2. isleyaardvark ◴[22 Oct 24 16:20 UTC] No.41915877[source]▶
No, because the article was not written in 1964.
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3. jccc ◴[22 Oct 24 16:24 UTC] No.41915918[source]▶
“A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used (in 1964) to suppress the black vote”
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4. hn_acker ◴[22 Oct 24 16:54 UTC] No.41916228{3}[source]▶
To fit the 80 character limit, something like the following might work:

A Near Impossible 1964 Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote