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View of U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond (center, dark suit) and other unidentified people at the Dixiecrat Convention in Birmingham, Alabama.The Dixiecrat Convention of 1948 was a gathering of the States Rights Democratic Party to nominate U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond for President of the United States. The party, also known as the Dixiecrats, were a segregationist, populist, socially conservative offshoot of the Democratic Party.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- Alabama
- Birmingham
- Clothing And Dress
- Crowds
- Flags
- History
- Meetings
- Political Campaigns
- Political Conventions
- Political Elections
- Political Parades And Rallies
- Political Participation
- Political Parties
- Presidential Elections
- Protest Movements
- Segregation
- Signs (Notices)
- States' Rights Democratic Party
- Thurmond, Strom, 1902 2003
- United States
- Women
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