Today we celebrate the life and legacy of #Montgomery, #Alabama, native, #DorothyGuilford. She died #OTD in 2019. When she first became eligible to vote, she had to take a literacy test and pay a poll tax of $1.50, a sum worth about $25 today. Anyone who couldn’t read or couldn’t pay the tax, which accumulated, couldn’t vote. Most white voters – those whose ancestors were on the voting rolls before the Civil War – were exempt from the test. “It’s important, I think, for everybody to be able to vote and let their choice be known,” she said. Her words still ring true today. #TheMarchContinues