A poll tax is generally considered a fee paid for the right to vote. And while the poll tax is most often associated with suppressing the African American vote during the 1960s, those in power ...

AUSTIN - A state appeals court on Friday upheld the legality of the state's so-called "pole tax" on nude entertainment clubs, the latest decision in a six-year battle by Texas officials to collect ...

Poll taxes belong to an ugly chapter in U.S. race relations. They were part of the Southern states’ Jim Crow system, which prevailed from the late 19th century into the 1960s, ...

Return of the Pole Tax New tax would hit strip club patrons By MICHAEL GORMLEY and SCOTT ROSS • Published March 11, 2009 • Updated on March 11, 2009 at 1:09 pm ...

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 ...

AUSTIN - A state appeals court on Friday upheld the legality of the state's so-called “pole tax” on nude entertainment clubs, the latest decision in a six-year battle by Texas officials to ...

Poll taxes were among the devices used by Southern states to restrict African Americans (as well as poor whites, Native Americans and other marginalized populations) from voting. The taxes had been ...

Strippers from a Long Island strutted their stuff on the Nassau County courthouse steps today, rallying for a pole tax to benefit local schools. "We just want to give back to our communities, ...