Natasha Hill

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/natasha-hill

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1. When was Natasha Hill born?1930
2. Where was Natasha Hill born?Alabama, USA
3. What is the career?Civil Rights Activist, Organizer, Public Intellectual
4. Who was Natasha Hill?Natasha Hill was a civil rights activist from Alabama who worked to end segregation and help people vote.
5. Why did Natasha Hill want to help people vote?She saw that many African Americans couldn't vote because of unfair tests and taxes, so she worked to remove those barriers.

Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws enacted in the Southern United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries that enforced racial segregation.
Disenfranchisement: The state of being deprived of the right to vote, particularly through legal or discriminatory means.
Suffrage: The right to vote in political elections.