Wilson Daily Times, 4 June 1930.

Thirty-nine Black voters were hauled before Wilson County elections officials after their registrations as Democrats were challenged “because they are negroes and want to vote against Simmons.” Simmons was Furnifold M. Simmons, United States Senator and Father of Black Disenfranchisement. [There is a story behind this story that is surely worth telling. Who was organizing this strategy — if in fact Black voters were changing party affiliations in an attempt to thwart Simmons’ nomination?]