PBS NewsHour

Delegate Elzena Johnson, 97, Voted for FDR, Recalls Poll Tax

Clip: Season 2012 | 3m 31s

Ray Suarez talks to first-time delegate from Mississippi Elzena Johnson about growing up in a Democratic household in the south and casting her first vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Aired: 09/06/12

Rating: NR

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