States' Rights Democratic Party

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Libertarian_Party
gptkb:Constitution_Party
gptkb:American_Independent_Party
gptkb:Tea_Party_Movement
gptkb:White_Citizens'_Council
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Dixiecrat
gptkbp:colors Blue
gptkbp:dissolved 1965
Decline of segregationist policies
gptkbp:electionYear 1948 United States presidential election
Strom_Thurmond_received_39_electoral_votes
gptkbp:focus_area Opposition to desegregation
gptkbp:founded 1948
gptkbp:goal Preserve segregation
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:John_C._Stennis
gptkb:William_Colmer
gptkb:James_O._Eastland
gptkb:George_Wallace
gptkb:Ross_Barnett
gptkb:James_Eastland
gptkb:John_Bell_Williams
gptkb:Lester_Maddox
Orval Faubus
Thurmond's_1948_campaign_manager
gptkbp:historical_significance First major third party in the South post-Civil War
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-World_War_II_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label States' Rights Democratic Party
gptkbp:ideology Southern_conservatism
gptkbp:influence Shift_in_Southern_politics
gptkbp:influenced Southern Strategy
gptkbp:key_figure gptkb:Strom_Thurmond
gptkb:Fielding_L._Wright
gptkbp:keyPeople States'_rights_vs_federal_authority
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_modern_Republican_Party
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:locationType gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:membership Southern white voters
gptkbp:notable_event 1948 Democratic National Convention
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Strom_Thurmond
gptkb:Fielding_L._Wright
gptkbp:notable_winners 1948 presidential election
Won 2.4% of the popular vote in 1948
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:platforms States'_rights
gptkbp:politicalPosition Right-wing
gptkbp:region gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:successor Republican_Party_in_the_South
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Dixiecrat_flag