Tony Torres, who grew up in the 1950s, remembers seeing his parents scramble to gather money, simply to pay a poll tax to vote. “My parents raised a family of eight, and it was not easy making a ...

In Florida, the poll tax stood as a voting barrier for nearly 50 years. It wasn't until 1936 that state Sen. Spessard Holland of Bartow successfully led an effort to abolish Florida's poll tax as ...