All of the Following Statements Concerning White Primaries Are True

question 15

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements concerning white primaries are true except that

• A) they were designed to disfranchise African Americans.
• B) the Democratic Party in Texas was established as a private, racially restricted club.
• C) the practice was declared illegal only with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
• D) there were several Supreme Court cases regarding the white primary.
• E) they were declared illegal in the Supreme Court case Smith v. Allwright.

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