Lonnie E. Smith

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Lonnie E. Smith was an African American voter whose challenge to racially discriminatory primary elections led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright (1944), which struck down white-only primaries.

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Smith v. Allwright → petitioner → Lonnie E. Smith ⓘ