Dixiecrat Convention
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- Created Date
- 1948
- Description
View of U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond (middle, sitting) and other unidentified men 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.
- Creator
Johnson, Marion, 1917-1998
- Partner
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Contributing Institution
- Atlanta History Center
- Collection
- Marion Johnson Photograph Collection
- Subjects
- Presidential elections--Alabama--Birmingham
Crowds--Alabama--Birmingham
Protest movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Clothing and dress--1940-1950
Meetings--Alabama--Birmingham
Political campaigns
Political elections--Alabama--Birmingham
Political parades and rallies--Alabama--Birmingham
Political participation--Alabama--Birmingham
Political parties--Alabama--Birmingham
Political conventions--Alabama--Birmingham
Segregation--United States--1940-1950
States' Rights Democratic Party
States' Rights Democratic Party--History
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 - Type
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- Johnson, Marion, 1917-1998. Dixiecrat Convention. 1948. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/MJohnson/id/28. (Accessed January 22, 2025.)
- APA citation style
- Johnson, Marion, 1917-1998, (1948) Dixiecrat Convention. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/MJohnson/id/28
- MLA citation style
- Johnson, Marion, 1917-1998. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/MJohnson/id/28>.