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Evelyn Thomas Butts, in 1963, filed the first federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s $1.50 poll tax, a tool to discourage Black Americans from voting. Her case was combined with others to bring about a 1966 SCOTUS ruling that eliminated the poll tax. https://t.co/W39nLX2cbr — PolitiTweet.org