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Constitutional Law--White Primaries--Rice V. Elmore, Irving Slifkin S.Ed.
Constitutional Law--White Primaries--Rice V. Elmore, Irving Slifkin S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The right of the negro to vote has constantly been challenged in attempts to destroy or at least to control the exercise of that right. The Fifteenth Amendment secures the right to vote free from interference on a racial basis by the states or the national government. In the states where there is a large negro population varied efforts have been attempted in order to control and nullify the negro vote. These efforts have been manifested in various forms-the grandfather clause, property ownership requirements, the poll tax, character tests, and literacy tests.
Constitutional Law-Congressional Primaries-Voting Rights Of Negroes, Everett S. Brown
Constitutional Law-Congressional Primaries-Voting Rights Of Negroes, Everett S. Brown
Michigan Law Review
The petitioner, Lonnie E. Smith, a Negro citizen of Harris County, Texas, brought suit for damages against election judges who refused to give him a ballot or to permit him to cast a ballot in the primary election of July 27, 1940, for the nomination of Democratic candidates for federal and state officers. The refusal was alleged to have been solely because of Smith's race and color and consequently violated sections 31 and 43 of title 8 of the United States Code by depriving Smith of rights secured under provisions of the Federal Constitution. The District Court of the United …