The Reddix Chronicles

 

March 15, 2023



(The Reason why 3,000 black Folks were purged from voting)

The real reason Ouachita Registrar Mae Lucky illegally wiped away 3,000 legal voters off the polls in 1956 is the same reason the Republican Party wanted to rewrite laws restricting voter rights today. IT’S ALL ABOUT CONTROL! If you can control the vote of the people then you can control the will of the people. The United States had in place the concept of liberty...One vote, one voice. Black People “at that time” stuck together so if they were for you they voted for you . That Black BLOCK vote won elections. In 1956 , Mayor John Elton Coon was up for reelection. The Negroes of Ouachita Parish liked Mayor Coon and with their vote he would most likely be reelected. On the other hand, the Ouachita Citizen Council had endorsed a young upstart, Jack Howard. So in order to ensure he won the election, some of the most restrictive laws were put in place to not only kick the Negro voter off the poll but to legally keep them off the polls. (Does that sound familiar? Is history trying to repeat itself?) Next week I will discuss the HOW Mae Lucky “legally” was able to purge 3,000 legal, registered voters weeks before an election. Until next time, cherish your rights, protect what was given you and fight for it.

 

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