The white primary
A) was the examination voters had to pass before being allowed to vote, designed to prevent blacks from voting because they had been denied educational opportunities.
B) denied blacks the right to run for office in primary elections in the South.
C) excluded blacks from primary elections, thus depriving them of a voice in the real electoral contests in the South.
D) denied blacks the right to vote in all southern elections.
E) allowed blacks to vote only in Republican primaries in the heavily Democratic South.
Answer: C