Race-Based Poll Taxes and 20th-Century Discrimination

Professor Jeremy Bearer-Friend of the George Washington University Law School discusses poll taxes in the 20th century and how they were used to target taxpayers based on race and ethnicity.

For more, read Bearer-Friend's article, "Race-Based Tax Weapons."

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner: Jordan Parrish
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart