Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon and the white primary (Southwestern studies #no. 42)
Biographies, Sociologie
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Résumé
When the time came to challenge the 1923 Texas law which denied African Americans the right to vote in Democratic primaries, Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon, a physician and respected El Pasoan, was willing to file the historic lawsuit. On March… 7, 1927 the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Nixon v. Herndon affirmed that Dr. Nixon had indeed been denied his rights under the 14th Amendment. But the Texas Legislature successfully circumvented the Court's decision and it would be twenty more years before another Texas case, Smith v. Allright, allowed Dr. Nixon to vote. His story is one of quiet but heroic perseverance in the face of many discouraging setbacks