12019-03-12T23:56:48+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282415plainpublished2019-10-14T18:10:06+00:00AnonymousOn July 19, 1944, the Philadelphia Tribunereported on voting rights in Texas. “Dr. Lonnie Smith, local dentist, upon whose case the United States Supreme Court ruled that colored citizens had the right to vote in the Texas Democratic primaries led hundreds of colored voters all over the Lone Star State to the polls last Saturday. Wherever colored citizens had paid their poll tax in the state they voted.” The landmark Smith v. Allwrightdecision ruled that it was unconstitutional for Texas or other states to hold white primaries. (Click to view article PDF.)
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