white primary

white primary
A legal device once employed by some Southern states to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote in a meaningful way.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


white primary
A legal device once employed by some Southern states to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote in a meaningful way.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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