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During the Jim Crow period, was there any attempt by segregationist governments to appear to comply with the Fifteenth Amendment by letting small numbers of African Americans vote, or would there typically be zero black voters? If so, what would this veneer of compliance look like?

by /u/ArmandoAlvarezWF in /r/AskHistorians

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