"White Or Colored?"

[kpete]

Betsy Ross
‏@DoHoBOB
"White" or "Colored" - 1966 receipt. MT @byjayroot: My mother paid the poll tax.
https://twitter.com/DoHoBOB/status/528907247204589569

[Gothmog]

1. Thank you posting this

[packman]

2. A sad part of history - should donate it to a museum

I guess I'm naive, I thought Poll Taxes were only applied to Blacks. Thanks for the education. How much was it? The bottom reads, "The sum of one and 50/100 dollars" - was it $151? If so, that was a huge amount in 1965. I remember making $1 an hr. as a young man and that would represent about 3 weeks of work.

[Lars39]

4. No, I think that would be $1.50, like you would make out a check.

[Hugin]

7. Then it says there is a $0.25 "county fee" after that...

See my post below for a conversion of $1.75 to 2013 Dollars.

[MADem]

8. A buck fifty plus twenty five cents county tax. Total is a buck seventy five.

Thirteen dollars and seven cents in 2014 money.

Inflation Calculator
$ 1.75
In 1965
to 2014


Value: $13.07

Annual Inflation: 4.19%
Total Inflation: 646.95%

http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=18000&year=1965

[Hissyspit]

10. I can beat that: 1925. "Color: W."

My great-great grandfather's...

[oberliner]

11. Pretty sure it's 50 cents.

Someone can correct me if I've got it wrong.

[Lars39]

3. Now, now...the cost of this poll tax can be whittled down if you shop your vote around enough.

My grandfather would accept $1 per vote during the Depression, then he voted the way he damn well pleased.

Feels like we're going back to these awful days. At least they were upfront about it back then and gave you a receipt.

[Hugin]

5. $1.75 to vote...

A large sum in 1966.

"In 2013, the relative value of $1.75 from 1966 ranges from $9.71 to $36.00."

from: http://www.measuringworth.com/ppowerus/

[packman]

9. That's an interesting site

[MineralMan]

6. That receipt speaks volumes.

Thanks for posting it!