William D. Jelks
William Dorsey Jelks (November 7, 1855 – December 13, 1931) was an American newspaper editor, publisher, and politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Alabama from 1901 to 1907.As governor, Jelks played an active role in securing the ratification of the Jim Crow State Constitution of 1901.Developed according to the Mississippi model, it set requirements for voter registration that effectively disfranchised most blacks and tens of thousands of poor whites.[2][3] Its framers extolled it for establishing "white supremacy by law," reducing the power of local governments in Black communities.Jelks opposed education for Blacks, believing it took them from their "labors in the field" and led to idleness, vagrancy, and crime.
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