Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 8

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Excerpt from Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 8: December 1935It is well known that in the ten states of the American Union which are usually described as Southern the Democratic party is for all practical purposes of state and local politics the only political party, and its nominations for public Offices are in effect elections. It is equally well known that in the Same states negro citizens in one way or another are effectively prevented from taking any Significant part in politics.1 The sociological and political explanations of these facts have been numerous, if not always fair or adequate, and the devices and means by which white supremacy is maintained in the politics of the South have been frequently described. The most effective bar, however, to negro participation - the so-called white primary-has received scant consideration. A recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Grovey'v. Town? Send, 2 sustaining the white primary in Texas, has given it a more or less definitive status and has made it a subject of more immediate interest to' students both of law and politics.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.