‘The Democratic party on May 24, 1932, in a state convention adopted the following resolution, which ha[d] not since [1944] been “amended, abrogated, annulled or avoided”: “Be it resolved that all white citizens of the State of Texas who are qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of the State shall be eligible to membership in the Democratic party and, as such, entitled to participate in its deliberations.”’
– Quoted as evidence in the case Smith v. Allwright, 321 US 649 – Supreme Court, 1944