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States' Rights Democratic Party  

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  • The States' Rights Democratic Party was a conservative southern faction that bolted from the Democrats in 1948. The immediate reason for the new party, popularly known as the Dixiecrats, was dissatisfaction with President Harry S. Truman's civil rights program. [Source: Elections A to Z; States' Rights Democratic Party]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-B6VNTGQD-9

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