Lesson: Historical Foundations—Latinx Voting Rights Movement Part 1

Historical Foundations—Latinx Voting Rights Movement (Part 1) is a 90-minute secondary Social Studies lesson that investigates the history of systemic disenfranchisement in Washington State. Students analyze the 1896 state constitutional amendment, compare historical and modern voter eligibility, and evaluate primary source testimony from Latinx citizens who were blocked from the ballot box by English literacy tests.