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Re: Literacy Tests



There was no official test in the sense of an exam in Louisiana.  The
state's Constitution of 1898 required all voters to register, and a
prospective voter had to fill out a registration application in his
native tongue, or own or rent property assessed at $300.00.

John Kelly
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