{"id":403,"date":"2018-02-14T22:23:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/?p=403"},"modified":"2021-08-09T20:09:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:09:05","slug":"valentines-gift-from-my-great-grandfather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/valentines-gift-from-my-great-grandfather\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine\u2019s Gift From My Great-Grandfather"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/CZqRxUbsC8w<\/p>\n

Yvonne Moore shares the story of how her great-grandfather inspired her passion for democracy and voting rights.<\/p>\n

Yvonne Moore is the Principal Advisor at Moore Philanthropy. We are very grateful for the chance to share her story!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Have you ever heard of a\u00a0poll tax<\/strong>? This is a copy of my paternal great-grandfather\u2019s poll tax receipt. He paid a tax of $1.75 so that he could exercise his right to cast his vote. And in 1936, that was a day\u2019s wage!<\/p>\n

Would you give up a day of your pay to cast YOUR vote?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\"Image:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

Poll taxes were just one of the\u00a0legal<\/strong>\u00a0means used in state and local governments throughout the United States to try and keep Black folks from voting.\u00a0Maybe you\u2019ve heard about some of the other ways:<\/p>\n