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What case ended the all white primary strategy altogether?

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Townsend. In that case the Supreme Court ruled that white primaries as established by Texas were unconstitutional. Though Smith v. Allwright applied directly only to the Texas law, following this ruling, most southern states ended their selectively inclusive white primaries.

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