HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, White Primaries
28 Nov 2016
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The long civil rights movement in texas, 1900-1972. Consecutive issues whatever appears on a particular date. 1920 texas moving away from the south. Think of texas as fluid, influx, dynamic, different each decade. Large and increasing in texas as opposed to mississippi. Had pockets without aa in lubbock, plainview, amarillo, el paso. Absence of aa in some regions of texas. Knew the voters in texas was a good politician. Borders between 3 or more ethnic/racial groups. Increasingly prominent roles for women vs. traditional roles for women. Poll tax the white primary ~ very southern. Texas literacy tests might have negatively impacted large sections of white voters in the countryside. Voted against statewide p(cid:396)ohi(cid:271)itio(cid:374) alo(cid:374)e (cid:449)ith teja(cid:374)os, ge(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)s, cze(cid:272)h"s, poo(cid:396) (cid:449)hites. Most southern states got prohibition on their own. Texas became to change a group of texans led by smith pursued a court challenge to the all white primary all the way to the supreme court all white primary was dead.
