#250yearsofblackhistory: 1944 (Pt. 1) - Manifesto on Africa Post-War & Defending Recy Taylor

This important moment in Black American History took place in 1944, what others would you spotlight?

• Smith v. Allwright: In 1923, the Texas Democratic Party required all voters in its primary to be white based on a state law authorizing the party to establish its own internal rules. Lonnie E. Smith, a black voter in Harris County, Texas, sued county election official S. S. Allwright for the right to vote in the primary. The Court reasoned that the rule restricting primary voters to whites denied Smith equal protection under the law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
• The “Manifesto on Africa in the Post-War World" was drafted in 1944 by prominent African leaders and intellectuals, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore, and Jomo Kenyatta. The manifesto emerged during a time of significant global upheaval following World War II, reflecting the growing aspirations for independence and self-determination across the African continent.
• The Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor was organized following the brutal 1944 gang rape of Recy Taylor. Montgomery-based activists Rosa Parks, E.D. Nixon, and Rufus Lewis organized a powerful national coalition that transformed her search for justice into a landmark campaign, mobilizing leaders like W.E.B. Du Bois and laying the groundwork for the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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