1/ In his voting rights address on Friday, Merrick Garland noted: “Between 1890 and 1908, every southern state enacted a new constitution or amended its constitution to exclude Black voters or significantly impede their participation. The courts did not stand in the way."
2/ This is borne out in the precipitous drop-off of Black registered voters in the South from 1890-1910.

For example, here are the number of registered Black voters in Louisiana, by year:

•1890: 130,334
•1900: 5,320
•1910: 730
3/ As you can see, the numbers are eye-popping. The goal was to prevent African-Americans from voting. By and large, that goal was achieved.
4/ I’m trying to find hard numbers for the other Southern states, for those three (census) years. Does anyone know how to find this information? Please let me know. Thanks!

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