Southern Democrats

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod 19th century
20th century
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party_(United_States)
gptkbp:declinedAfter late 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Southern Democrats
gptkbp:ideology conservatism
states' rights
populism
segregationism
white supremacy (historically)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Compromise_of_1877
gptkb:1948_presidential_election
gptkb:1968_presidential_election
gptkb:Southern_Manifesto_(1956)
gptkb:Southern_Strategy
Brown v. Board of Education opposition
Civil Rights Act of 1964 opposition
Desegregation of schools opposition
End of Reconstruction
Filibuster of Civil Rights Act of 1964
Formation of the Dixiecrat Party
Passage of Jim Crow laws
Shift to Republican Party (late 20th century)
Voting Rights Act opposition
gptkbp:notableFor opposition to civil rights (mid-20th century)
support for segregation (Jim Crow era)
support for slavery (pre-Civil War)
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:George_Wallace
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Herman_Talmadge
gptkb:James_Eastland
gptkb:Richard_Russell_Jr.
gptkb:Sam_Ervin
gptkb:Strom_Thurmond
gptkb:Robert_Byrd
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Northern_Democrats
gptkb:Republican_Party_(historically)
gptkbp:region gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkb:Dixiecrats
gptkb:Segregation_in_the_United_States
gptkb:Solid_South
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Dixiecrats
gptkb:Republican_Party_(Southern_realignment)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4