States' Rights Democratic Party

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The States' Rights Democratic Party, commonly known as the Dixiecrats, was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States that broke from the Democratic Party in 1948 to oppose civil rights reforms and defend Southern states' control over racial policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
segregationist party ⓘ
abbreviation SRDP ⓘ
alsoKnownAs States' Rights Party of 1948 ⓘ
color light blue ⓘ
commonName Dixiecrats ⓘ
conventionLocation Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
conventionYear 1948 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1948 ⓘ
electoralBase white Southern voters ⓘ
electoralVotesWon 39 ⓘ
formedInResponseTo Democratic Party civil rights platform of 1948 ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

Harry S. Truman's civil rights initiatives ⓘ
founded 1948 ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
segregationism ⓘ
states' rights ⓘ
influenced later Southern realignment toward the Republican Party ⓘ
keyFigure Fielding L. Wright ⓘ
James Eastland ⓘ
Leander Perez ⓘ
Strom Thurmond ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mergedBackInto Democratic Party (many members) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
nominatedForPresident Strom Thurmond ⓘ
nominatedForVicePresident Fielding L. Wright ⓘ
opposed abolition of the poll tax ⓘ
civil rights reforms ⓘ
desegregation of the armed forces ⓘ
federal anti-lynching legislation ⓘ
federal intervention in state racial laws ⓘ
racial integration ⓘ
popularVoteShare1948 about 2.4 million votes ⓘ
position right-wing ⓘ
presidentialElection 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
slogan Segregation forever ⓘ
States' Rights ⓘ
splitFrom Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
statesCarried Alabama ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
supported Jim Crow laws ⓘ
Southern states' control over racial policies ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ

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Strom Thurmond → politicalParty → States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
Strom Thurmond → partyInElection → States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
1948 United States presidential election → thirdParty → States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
Franklin Pierce → influencedBy → Democratic Party pro-slavery wing ⓘ
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
Strom Thurmond → memberOfPoliticalParty → States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Strom
Strom Thurmond → representedPartyInElection → States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Strom
States' Rights Democratic Party → commonName → Dixiecrats ⓘ
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
States' Rights Democratic Party → alsoKnownAs → States' Rights Party of 1948 ⓘ
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
Robert M. T. Hunter → memberOfPoliticalParty → States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
Fielding L. Wright → memberOfPoliticalParty → States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
Fielding L. Wright → movement → Dixiecrat movement ⓘ
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
Fielding L. Wright → partOf → States' Rights Democratic (Dixiecrat) ticket of 1948 ⓘ
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
States' Rights Democratic Party → alsoKnownAs → Dixiecrat Party ⓘ
subject linked to: SRDP
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
States' Rights Democratic Party → relatedTo → Dixiecrats ⓘ
subject linked to: SRDP
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
Francis Wilkinson Pickens → memberOfPoliticalParty → States' Rights Democrat ⓘ
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
Robert Rhett → memberOfPoliticalParty → States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
Solid South → associatedWithGroup → Dixiecrats ⓘ
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter → memberOfPoliticalParty → States’ Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
linked to: States' Rights Democratic Party