(DOWNLOAD) "Lassiter v. Northampton County Board Elections" by Supreme Court of the United States " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Lassiter v. Northampton County Board Elections
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 08, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
Description
This controversy started in a Federal District Court. Appellant, a Negro citizen of North Carolina, sued to have the literacy test for voters prescribed by that State declared unconstitutional and void. A three-judge court was convened. That court noted that the literacy test was part of a provision of the North Carolina Constitution that also included a grandfather clause. It said that