PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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Dixiechicks
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Dixiecrats
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Dixiecups
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KKK
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Detailed explanation-1: -He ran as the States’ Rights Democratic (also known as Dixiecrat) candidate for president in 1948, calling for continued racial segregation and opposing federal civil rights laws. In 1954 Thurmond won election to the Senate as a write-in candidate, but he pledged to resign in 1956 to allow for a full election process.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the stance of the Dixiecrats in the 1948 campaign? They supported states’ rights and racial segregation. In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish Communists from by issuing an executive order known as the Loyalty Order.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the convention, Roosevelt, Frank Munsey, George Walbridge Perkins and other progressive Republicans established the Progressive Party and nominated a ticket of Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson of California at the 1912 Progressive National Convention.