that determination according to leroy symm was almost always no.d so the students at historically black prairie view a&m in waller county, texas, did not get to vote at their school in the 1972 presidential elections. like the rest of the students in america did. over the next few years, the court would tell leroy symm to let the students to vote. election officials tried to help the students vote. they made several trips trying to help them vote. texas legislature passed a law telling him to let the students vote. but he would not budge, not for those people he didn't consider part of his community, who he didn't think ought to be allowed to vote there. in the next big national election in 1976, this particular prairie view student, sidney hicks took part in a voter registration drive. this is him holding the county's questionnaire. court papers show the students sent in several hundred applications, maybe more than a thousand. at most, three dozen got through. that year, sidney hicks ran for city council in prairie view and won but was still not

that determination according to leroy symm was almost always no.nd so the students at historically black prairie view a&m in waller county, texas, did not get to vote at their school in the 1972 presidential elections. like the rest of the students in america did. over the next few years, the court would tell leroy symm to let the students vote. election officials tried to help the students vote. this particular student, man named sydney hicks took part in a voter registration drive. this is home holding the county's questionnaire. the court papers showed he sent in several hundred applications to vote, might be more than a thousa thousand. at most three dozen got through. he won but he was still not allowed to vote. he said all we wanted was part of the american dream that all citizens have the right to vote. the year he could not vote there, the federal government sued. lee row symm fought them in court. finally in 1979, the united states supreme court issued a one sentence ruling for the students. the supreme court said they have the right to vo

over the next few years, the court would tell leroy symm to let the students to him to let them vote.everal trips trying to help them vote. texas legislature passed a law telling him to let the students vote. but he would not budge, not for those people he didn't consider part of his community, who he didn't think ought to be allowed to vote there. in the next big national election in 1976, this particular prairie view student, sidney hicks took part in a voter registration drive. this is him holding the county's questionnaire. court papers show the students sent in several hundred applications, maybe more than a thousand. at most, three dozen got through. that year, sidney hicks ran for city council in prairie view and won but was still not allowed to vote in the town. spoke with mr. hicks, he wanted that american dream, that all citizens could vote. the federal government sued on behalf of the students at prairie view. symm fought them in court after court. finally in 1979, in january, 1979, the united states supreme court issued a one sentence ruling for the prairie view students.