US EditionOn This Day in 1957: Tuskegee Boycott Begins Over Voter Suppression
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On This Day in 1957: Tuskegee Boycott Begins Over Voter Suppression
On June 17, 1957, the Tuskegee Boycott began. In response to a gerrymandering plan passed by the Alabama Legislature that targeted Black voters, Black residents launched a powerful economic protest. The legislation, known as Act 140, redrew Tuskegee’s city boundaries to exclude nearly all Black voters — more than 400 — effectively stripping them of their right to vote in municipal elections. In response, Black residents organized a boycott of wh…
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