In 1940, the Texas Democratic Party refused to give an African American man a ballot to select candidates to run for Congress and governor. In finding this action unconstitutional "… this Court is not constrained to follow a previous decision which…, involves the application of a constitutional principle, rather than an interpretation of the Constitution to evolve the principle itself." Source: Smith v. Allwright (1944) What does this court decision illustrate? (Hard) The court has the power to accept appeals cases The court has the power of judicial review The court is a district court The court is a trial court

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.

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