The first of many legal victories won by the NAACP came when the Supreme Court struck down the Oklahoma grandfather clause in __________________.

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The Guinn v. United States case in 1915 challenged the use of the Oklahoma grandfather clause, which required voters to prove that their grandfathers had been eligible to vote before 1866, effectively disenfranchising many Black voters. The Supreme Court declared the clause unconstitutional, marking the first major legal victory for the NAACP in the fight for equal voting rights.

The First of Many Legal Victories Won by the NAACP