"Marjorie Nixon Smith" Vote For "Marj, The Teflon Woman" - Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel
“Marjorie Nixon Smith” Vote For “Marj, The Teflon Woman” By Jeanette Grattan Parker Dr. Jeanette Parker With the disenfranchisement of blacks at the turn of the 20th century after the Reconstruction era, Alabama Democrats suppressed populist challenges and the state became part of the “Solid South.” This constitution was not initially supported by the majority of Whites, but Democrats used the call of white supremacy to gain passage.[1] In addition to wanting to affirm white supremacy, the planter and business elite were concerned about voting by lower-class and uneducated Wh...