Iam an african-american who was granted the right to vote, but before i could vote, i had to pass a literacy test. some of my friends were treated cruelly. about what year did this happen?

At the time of the brown v. board of education decision, schools were segregated everywhere in the country. several states had laws requiring segregated schools. schools in nearly every state has been desegregated. segregation was common in the north, but not in the south.