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The term [[white primary]] referred to a rule which took away the authenticity of legal [[African American]] votes - and thus discouraged African American voting. The [[Democratic Party]] in some Southern states adopted rules which prohibited African American party membership.[http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.law.054]

The term '''white primary''' referred to a rule which took away the authenticity of legal [[African American]] votes - and thus discouraged African American voting. The [[Democratic Party]] in some Southern states adopted rules which prohibited African American party membership.[http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.law.054]

The rules were adopted by some southern states after a similar voting exclusion clause, the [[grandfather clause]] was judged unconstitutional. The [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled the white primary was unconstitutional in the 1944 case ''[[Smith v. Allwright]]''.  

The rules were adopted by some southern states after a similar voting exclusion clause, the [[grandfather clause]] was judged unconstitutional. The [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled the white primary was unconstitutional in the 1944 case ''[[Smith v. Allwright]]''.  

[[Category: United States Politics]]

[[Category:United States Politics]]