User:Mcrsftdog/Boswell Amendment

The Amendment 4, commonly known as the Boswell Amendment, was an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama that was approved by a popular vote on November 5, 1946. The amendment made the state's literacy requirement for voting more strict, and removed the property exemption to said test; both of these changes were intended to continue the disenfranchisement of African Americans. In 1948, the amendment was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States.