You are intelligent and know quite a bit about politics because you listen to others talk. Since the end of the Civil War you have convinced a friend of yours to teach you to read and write. You can now read names and a few simple words. You are afraid that the test will be too hard for you. You also know that the white people who give the test make sure that the blacks get harder tests than whites.
Voting seems to be an unattainable dream.
Create a skit to depict the problem you are facing with trying to vote. Include in your skit a description of the rights which you think the Constitution guarantees to you. One of the people in your group is Homer Plessey. He is an African American who refuses to leave a railroad car which was reserved for whites only. Having separate facilities for blacks and whites was common in the late 1800's and early-mid 1900's.