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Lea Suarez

15 October, 22:23

Voter Registration in the South:

1960: White: 61.1% African American: 29.1%

1970: White: 62.9% African American: 62%

-Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1990

What evidence supports the idea that equality has been

achieved based on the percentage of people from each

group who vote?

By 1970, the percentage of African Americans and

whites voting were nearly equal.

By 1960, the same percentage of African Americans and whites were voting.

Fewer African Americans were voting in 1970 than

in 1960.