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@ Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Frederickson, Kari

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Encyclopedia article about the Dixiecrats, a political party organized in the summer of 1948 by conservative white southern Democrats committed to states' rights and the maintenance of segregation and opposed to federal intervention into race, and to a lesser degree, labor relations. The Dixiecrats, formally known as the States' Rights Democratic Party, were disturbed by their region's declining influence within the national Democratic Party. The Dixiecrats held their one and only convention in Birmingham.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Keywords

  1. Alabama
  2. Government
  3. History
  4. Political Parties
  5. Politics And Government
  6. Race Relations
  7. Southern States
  8. States' Rights (American Politics)
  9. States' Rights Democratic Party
  10. United States

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