# @splcenter on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ChM8a3xu9Du
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21165846-splcenter-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/a3d945b74d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-08-13T14:00:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) — https://gondola.cc/splcenter

## Caption

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

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kaylen Jackson | @kaylenmjackson | https://gondola.cc/kaylenmjackson | Social Media Strategist |

## Tags

themarchcontinues, dorothyguilford, alabama, montgomery, otd

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