Nixon v. Condon
Nixon v. Condon, 286 U.S. 73 (1932), was a voting rights case decided by the United States Supreme Court, which found the all-white Democratic Party primary in Texas unconstitutional. This was one of four cases brought to challenge the Texas all-white Democratic Party primary. All challenges were supported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). With Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court decisively prohibited the white primary.
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Nixon v. Condon
Nixon v. Condon, 286 U.S. 73 (1932), was a voting rights case decided by the United States Supreme Court, which found the all-white Democratic Party primary in Texas unconstitutional. This was one of four cases brought to challenge the Texas all-white Democratic Party primary. All challenges were supported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). With Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court decisively prohibited the white primary.
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Nixon v. Condon, 286 U.S. 73 ( ...... prohibited the white primary.
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U.S. Const., amend. XIV, Tex. Civ. St. art. 3107
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Nixon v. Condon, 286 U.S. 73 ( ...... prohibited the white primary.
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L.A. Nixon v. James Condon and another
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