TENTCITIESFAYETTEANDHAYWOODCOUNTY
By: Marica Smith
What happened?
What happen? In, many states of the south the voting rights granted Americans of African descent under the U.S constitution fifteenth amendment were nothing more than unfilled promises drafted on parchment. Who Was There? Two years prior to john and viola Mcferren and C.P Boyd leading the negro voter registration drives in two of Tennessee southwestern counties on sept.9,1957 black in Fayette and Haywood county fought for the right to vote. Why did it happen? Following the 1959 formation of the leagues a number of African-Americans registered to vote at the respective courthouses. However when the democratic primary was held in August, those registered African Americans were not allowed to cast their ballots