Nixon v. Herndon
Nixon v. Herndon, 273 U.S. 536 (1927) was a United States Supreme Court decision which struck down a 1923 Texas law forbidding blacks from voting in the Texas Democratic Party primary. Due to the limited amount of Republican Party activity in Texas at the time following the suppression of black voting through poll taxes, the Democratic Party primary was essentially the only competitive process and chance to choose candidates for the Senate, House of Representatives and state offices.
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Nixon v. Herndon
Nixon v. Herndon, 273 U.S. 536 (1927) was a United States Supreme Court decision which struck down a 1923 Texas law forbidding blacks from voting in the Texas Democratic Party primary. Due to the limited amount of Republican Party activity in Texas at the time following the suppression of black voting through poll taxes, the Democratic Party primary was essentially the only competitive process and chance to choose candidates for the Senate, House of Representatives and state offices.
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Nixon v. Herndon, 273 U.S. 536 ...... ng Smith v. Allwright in 1944.
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A Texas law prohibiting blacks ...... ated the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Nixon v. Herndon, 273 U.S. 536 ...... esentatives and state offices.
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L.A. Nixon v. C.C. Herndon and another, Judges of Elections
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