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In the case '''''Smith v. Allwright''''' (1944) the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled that a [[white primary]] was unconstitutional because it violated the [[Fifteenth Amendment]]'s prohibition against voting discrimination based on race. <ref>http://law.jrank.org/pages/13384/Smith-v-Allwright.html</reF>

In the case '''''Smith v. Allwright''''' (1944) the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled that a [[white primary]] was unconstitutional because it violated the [[Fifteenth Amendment]]'s prohibition against voting discrimination based on race.<ref>http://law.jrank.org/pages/13384/Smith-v-Allwright.html</ref>

The case originated around a [[Texas]] rules which barred [[African American]]s from participation in primary elections.  The case brought an end to voting discrimination by overruling a previous ruling in the case of [[Grove v. Townsend]].<Ref>http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0321_0649_ZS.html</reF>

The case originated around a [[Texas]] rules which barred [[African American]]s from participation in primary elections.  The case brought an end to voting discrimination by overruling a previous ruling in the case of [[Grove v. Townsend]].<ref>http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0321_0649_ZS.html</ref>

==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0321_0649_ZO.html Full Supreme Court Ruling]

*[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0321_0649_ZO.html Full Supreme Court Ruling]

   

   

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[[Category: United States Supreme Court Cases]]

[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]