6,061
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
created
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>
==External Links==
*[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0321_0649_ZO.html Full Supreme Court Ruling]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category: United States Supreme Court Cases]]
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==
*[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0321_0649_ZO.html Full Supreme Court Ruling]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category: United States Supreme Court Cases]]