Which of the following statements about the disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South is true? The Republican Party refused to allow African Americans to become members. African Americans refused to vote for Democratic candidates. White voting officials administered difficult literacy tests to African American voters. African Americans were not allowed to vote unless they could prove that they were part white.

The following statement about the disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South which is true is that white voting officials administered difficult literacy tests to African American voters. Since African Americans were denied the same standard of education as American Whites, when offered literacy tests they often had trouble completing them. The voting officials were aware of this, but did it anyways, as it was another way for them to hinder African Americans from voting and from entering the larger society.