Research On The Right To Vote Of The Afro-American Under The New Deal System

The right to vote was the basic right of citizens of the United States, but the process of Afro-American fighting for their equal right to vote after a long historical period. After the Civil War, the U.S. Congress enacted the constitutional amendment to ensure Afro-American’s franchise. However, Southern whites formulated various restrictions to restrict Afro-American’s franchise. Such as the Poll Tax, Literacy Test, White primary system and Grandfather clauses.Under the New Deal system, Afro-American got rid of the restrictions, which had restricted their right to vote. This was not only because Afro-American had made unremitting struggle for their equal franchise and civil rights organizations had made special contribution for Afro-American’s equal franchise. At the same time, the migration of Afro-American supplied the region’s population advantage for their expansion of franchise. In addition, the improvement of their economic status and education status provided material security and cultural foundations for their expansion of franchise.Under the New Deal system, Afro-American’s right to vote was not only had significant impact on the presidential and local elections of United States, but also promoted the democratization of the political process of United States, then made Afro-American to share the fruits of political democratization.