Voting for the midterm elections gets underway on Tuesday across the United States. In the deep south state of Georgia, with its bitter past of racial segregation, African Americans hope that for the first time ever a black woman will fill the position of governor. RFI met with grassroots groups making the final push to get black voices heard.
In the 1950s and 60s, African Americans - sometimes barely literate - were subjected to a "literacy test" to be allowed to cast their ballot.
