None of us was alive for the original Jim Crow laws back in the 1920s which made racial segregation legal in the southern United States. “Colored only” washrooms, poll taxes, “back of the bus” and IQ tests asking “how many bubbles in a bar of soap?” weren’t just the rule, they were the law.
I strongly disagree with voter ID laws, Bob, and if you think two or three layers deeper, you'll see that there's a reason why the states asking for them are almost uniformly Republican ones. The ACLU agrees. https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-sheet
Even though these activities are taking place at the state and county level, they are by no means spontaneous, uncoordinated efforts at suppressing the votes of typically Democratic populations. The New Yorker did a fantastic piece yesterday on who is underwriting them: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century
I strongly disagree with voter ID laws, Bob, and if you think two or three layers deeper, you'll see that there's a reason why the states asking for them are almost uniformly Republican ones. The ACLU agrees. https://www.aclu.org/other/oppose-voter-id-legislation-fact-sheet