Who was Strom Thurmond at the time? What action did the Democratic governors take after Harry Truman proposed his civil rights plan? How did Strom Thurmond respond? How did the State Rights ...

Strom Thurmond of South Carolina -- who spent nearly ... Thurmond began his political career as a Democrat, splitting with President Harry Truman in 1948 to mount a "Dixiecrat" presidential ...

Harry Truman, a senator from Missouri ... Alabama and nominated South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond as their candidate for president. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (1880-1964): A graduate of the U.S ...

The impurities of that party—Harry Truman and all his followers—will be deposited like sediment on the banks.” There was every likelihood that J. Strom Thurmond would be an even smaller ...

On this day in 1948, in one of the least foreseen upsets in the annals of presidential elections, Democrat Harry S. Truman ... ticket led by Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.

It was clear from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address that his staff was going for a come-from-behind victory in the style of President Harry Truman. This was the message of the ...

University of Tennessee Civics Professor Andrew Busch talked about the role of Strom Thurmond during the 1948 campaign. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. *This text was ...

How Harry S. Truman went from being a racist to desegregating ... Many Southern Democrats responded by backing Dixiecrat nominee Strom Thurmond, the segregationist South Carolina governor, for ...

Embattled President Harry S. Truman shocked political pundits and ... Third-party candidate Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond captured 39 electoral votes. Truman woke up in the morning to find the experts ...

So I am highly sympathetic to Nate Cohn’s effort in a New York Times column to suggest that Joe Biden’s reelection bid might resemble Harry Truman ... ticket led by Strom Thurmond, which ...

Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ... electoral votes as part of a states-rights uprising against President Harry Truman's support for civil rights. "I want to tell you," he declared in one ...