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Alert 11 AARCH Societys Merchandise Now Available. Wear Your Support. African American Resources Cultural and Heritage Society Telling Our Story In May 1913 Edward Mitchell Johnson a trustee of Asbury United Methodist Church on All Saints Street was the main plaintiff in a classaction lawsuit against the grandfather clause which denied African Americans the right to vote unless their grandfather had voted prior to 1869. This case helped lay the groundwork for the decades of work ahead to secure African Americans full rights as citizens granted under the 14th amendment following the Civil War.