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22 de jun. de 2024 · Strom Thurmond was an American politician who was a prominent states’ rights and segregation advocate. He ran for the presidency in 1948 on the Dixiecrat ticket and was one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history (1954–2003). Learn more about Thurmond’s life and career in this article.
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Hace 3 días · The passage of the civil rights platform caused some three dozen Southern delegates, led by South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond, to walk out of the convention. The Southern delegates who remained nominated Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia for the Democratic nomination as a rebuke to Truman.
7 de jun. de 2024 · Strom Thurmond won 2.4 percent of the popular vote in 1948 as the leader of the Dixiecrats, a pro-segregation third party. Ralph Nader garnered 2.74 percent of the popular vote in 2000 as the Green Party candidate, causing controversy among Democrats.
5 de jun. de 2024 · Dixiecrat, member of a right-wing Democratic splinter group in the 1948 U.S. presidential election organized by Southerners who objected to the civil rights program of the Democratic Party. It met at Birmingham, Ala., and on July 17, 1948, nominated Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for.
18 de jun. de 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a one-time Democratic segregationist who helped fuel the rise of the modern conservative Republican Party in the South, died Thursday.
Hace 6 días · This comes up in your descriptions of the ’48 convention, particularly with Strom Thurmond (the South Carolina Democrat turned Republican). I was hoping to get your historical analysis of that idea.
20 de jun. de 2024 · Strom Thurmond's Isaac Westbrook was awarded the inaugural Smash through Success scholarship, winning a chance to attend the LIV Houston event in June.
