Black victory : the rise and fall of the white primary in Texas

Black victory : the rise and fall of the white primary in Texas / Darlene Clark Hine.

"In Black Victory, Darlene Clark Hine examines a pivotal breakthrough in the struggle for black liberation through the voting process. She details the steps and players in the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright, a precursor to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. She discusses the ro...

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Main Author: Hine, Darlene Clark
Other Authors: Lawson, Steven F., 1945-, Pitre, Merline, 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2003.
Edition:New ed. /
Subjects:
African Americans > Suffrage > Texas > History.
Primaries > Texas > Case studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
African Americans > Suffrage
Primaries
Texas
Case studies
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:"In Black Victory, Darlene Clark Hine examines a pivotal breakthrough in the struggle for black liberation through the voting process. She details the steps and players in the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright, a precursor to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. She discusses the role that NAACP attorneys such as Thurgood Marshall played in helping black Texans regain the right denied them by white Texans in the Democratic Party: the right to vote and to have that vote count. Hine illuminates the mobilization of black Texans. She effectively demonstrates how each part of the African American community - from professionals to laborers - was essential to this struggle and the victory against disfranchisement."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 283 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-271) and index.
ISBN:0826263682
9780826263681
9780826214621
0826214622

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