Joe Biden says parts of US are 'backsliding into the days of Jim Crow'
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that parts of the United States are "backsliding into the days of Jim Crow" by passing laws he says are reminiscent of when Black Americans had to pay poll taxes and pass other tests before casting their vote.
"The cry for justice 400 years in the making is ringing out across our nation," Biden said as he addressed a virtual conference hosted by the National Action Network, a nonprofit civil rights organization founded by civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton.
The President said: "Parts of our country are backsliding into the days of Jim Crow, passing laws that harken back to the era of poll taxes -- when Black people were made to guess how many beans, how many jelly beans, in a jar or count the number of bubbles in a bar of soap before they could cast their ballot."
Last month, Biden called a sweeping Georgia elections bill that imposes new voting restrictions "Jim Crow in the 21st Century" and "an atrocity." He noted at the time the restrictions disproportionately target Black voters, who were crucial to the recent Democratic victories in Georgia.
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