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How did Southern states specifically restrict voting rights for African Americans while helping poor whites to vote?

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The southern states restricted the voting rights for African Americans while helping poor whites to vote through the introduction of the Grandfather clauses. This was a clause which was exempting the African Americans from the requirements of a piece legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges or practices.
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