In ________________, the Supreme Court explicitly upheld the use of literacy tests based on the reasoning that "in our society where newspapers, periodicals, books and other printed matter canvass and debate campaign issues, a State might conclude that only those who are literate should exercise the franchise."
a. Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Education (1959)
b. Terry v. Adams (1953)
c. Breedlove v. Suttles (1937)
d. None of the above is true.
A
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