Who Were the Dixiecrats of

1948, and What Were They

so Worried About?
By Dominique and Rafie
Initial Hypothesis
Dixiecrats were alarmed by the narrowing
social gap between blacks and whites
As white Supremacists, equality between
blacks and whites was undesirable

Alabama in 1948
Black people were forced to
use different:
schools
bathrooms
water fountains
restaurants
etc
Changes in Presidential Policy
President Harry S.
Truman supported
Civil Rights laws,
pushing for fairness
and equality for all
before the law
Trumans Political Opposition
President Truman proposed
multiple civil rights laws that
pushed for equality, but all were
rejected by Congress
Southern Democrats felt they were
not being properly represented by
Truman, and founded their own
faction of the Democratic Party,
the Dixiecrats
Who were the Dixiecrats?
Officially called States
Rights Democratic Party
Dixiecrats were a faction
within the Democratic
party founded in 1948
Strom Thurmond was the
founder
Pro-Segregation party
Strom Thurmond
Founder of the Dixiecrats
Dixiecrat Presidential
nominee in 1948
Career in Congress began
in 1947; ended in 2003
USAs longest serving
Senator (48 years)
Why Were They Worried?
The Dixiecrats were
worried that the nation
would become anti-
segregation, ending the
social division between
whites and blacks in the
US
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