The Battle for the Black Ballot: Smith V. Allwright and the Defeat of the Texas All-white Primary (Landmark Law Cases & American Society) (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)

by Charles Zelden (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $83.05

  The history of voting rights in America is marked by dogged progress against persistent prejudice toward an expanding inclusiveness. The Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright is a crucial chapter in that story and marked a turning point for the civil rights movement. Charles Zelden's retelling of this episode reveals why.