After the landmark court case of Smith v. Allwright progress was made in increasing black political participation in the Rim South and Acadiana -- .
Almost entirely in urban areas and a few rural localities where most blacks worked outside plantations .
After the landmark court case of Smith v. Allwright progress was made in increasing black political participation in the Rim South and Acadiana -- although almost entirely in urban areas and a few rural localities where most blacks worked outside plantations .