To prevent selecting African Americans for their jury pool,a Georgia county put names of white potential jurors on white cards and African American potential jurors on yellow cards,then "randomly" drew cards to determine who would be summoned for jury duty.

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This statement is true and reflects the discriminatory practices that were historically used to prevent African Americans from participating in jury duty. The use of different colored cards for different racial groups was one such method of exclusion.

To Prevent Selecting African Americans for Their Jury Pool,a Georgia