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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lonnie E. Smith canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American civil rights figure
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U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ person ⓘ |
| affected | Democratic Party primary elections in the South ⓘ |
| appliedStatuteOrPrinciple | Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| associatedCourtCase | Smith v. Allwright ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | U.S. Supreme Court victory in Smith v. Allwright ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights litigation
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voting rights ⓘ |
| givenName |
Lonnie Lynn
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surface form:
Lonnie
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| hasEffectOn |
invalidation of white-only primaries in Texas
ⓘ
strengthening of Fifteenth Amendment protections ⓘ |
| hasLegalRepresentationBy | NAACP ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | voter rights activist ⓘ |
| hasPlaintiff | Lonnie E. Smith self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| held | white-only primaries unconstitutional ⓘ |
| influenced | expansion of African American voting rights in the South ⓘ |
| influencedBy | NAACP legal strategy against white primaries ⓘ |
| legalAction | challenge to Texas Democratic Party white primary rules ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
racial discrimination in primary elections
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voting rights ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Texas ⓘ |
| movement |
African American voting rights movement
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
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| notableFor |
challenge to racially discriminatory primary elections in Texas
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role as plaintiff in Smith v. Allwright ⓘ |
| opposed |
racial discrimination in voting
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white-only primary elections ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Smith v. Allwright ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Texas ⓘ |
| residence | Texas ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | plaintiff in Smith v. Allwright ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Smith v. Allwright
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surface form:
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright (1944)
filing of lawsuit that became Smith v. Allwright ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Jim Crow laws
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surface form:
Jim Crow era in the United States
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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Smith v. Allwright