To help estimate a number. Many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. In 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th amendment which gave africanamericans the right to vote. The white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. We came here to exclude the negro. Nothing short will answer. The mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black people in mississippi. One was a poll tax. You had to bring the equivalent of $58 in today s money to vote. The other was a literacy test. Registrars could ask arbitrary questions to decide if prospective voters were smart enough to vote. White people always seemed to get the simple questions. Black voters, well, black voters were asked such things as how many bubbles are in a bar of soap? and they were also asked things like how many jellybeans are in this jar? these practices became common across
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Our thanks. Your rewards. As we begin a new hour, we turn to the biden agenda. Joe manchin says he wants a spending bill not too big. In moments, how the poor people s campaign is putting pressure on the west virginia senator. Plus, a humanitarian crisis in del rio, texas. New developments about how the biden administration is responding. And the woman who designed the dress that has the worlds of fashion and politics buzzing. This is american voices. We begin this hour in texas where the state s ultraconservative legislature kicks off a new special session tomorrow. This time around, texas republicans plan to focus on redistricting. They are already busy working to redraw maps to favor republican incumbents. The texas tribune reports, quote, republicans hold majorities in both chambers they will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the state population becomes younger and more diverse. This is a process known as partisan gerrymand
Back on earth. The crew members of inspiration 4 are home after their historic threeday mission. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. A chilling warning from the cia came too late to stop a u. S. Air strike that killed ten afghan civilians last month. According to three sources, the intelligence agency warned there were likely civilians in the area, possibly children, just seconds before this missile found its target. This is what they were looking at. The military hit the toyota following a suicide bombing that killed 13 u. S. Troops and scores of afghans racing to evacuate at the kabul airport. But the pentagon now admits that no one in this car was linked to isisk. The taliban are condemning the u. S. Strike despite their own history of killing civilians. Here s what a spokesperson for the militants told cnn. It is great to see that they got the courage to confess the truth. But they didn t do so for the last 20 years. They targeted thousands of women, child