Judge Sidney Thomas disagreed in sharply worded dissent, saying the in question serve no purpose aside from making voting more difficult and keeping more African American, Hispanic and Native American voters from the polls than white voters.. ..…

., Thomas Mundy Peterson became African American to vote, one month after the passage of the Amendment. ... delegate to Republican Convention, Peterson was also African American to hold elected Middlesex County and Perth Amboy's first colored person to serve on jury.. ..…