N.C. Democrats’ efforts to disenfranchise black voters in the 1890s

The Fusionist Party’s success in North Carolina’s 1894 election helped inspire a backlash among Democrats that led to the disenfranchisement of black voters.

Lee Craig, alumni distinguished professor of economics at N.C. State University, outlined some of the history of that backlash during a presentation today to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.

In the video clip below, Craig explains that race wasn’t the only factor motivating Democrats to remove blacks from the voting rolls in the late 1890s and early 1900s.

Watch the entire 54:12 presentation below.

You’ll find other John Locke Foundation video presentations here.