Dixiecrat
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of Dixiecrat
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; Dixie + (Demo)crat ( def. )
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With then–Gov. Thurmond as their leader, the group broke off and created the Dixiecrat Party for the upcoming election.
From Slate • Jul. 3, 2023
We can also look back at Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a former Dixiecrat candidate for president and arch-segregationist who was notoriously belligerent in his rhetoric and personal style.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2021
When he was asked to deliver the eulogy for former Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond in 2003, Biden joked about their implausible relationship and called the late senator’s request for him to speak “his last laugh.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2019
“He referred to it often in public and private when justifying his support for civil rights,” Kari Frederickson wrote in the book, “The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018
In 1948 they formed the Dixiecrat Party and refused to support many of the policies and candidates of the Democratic Party.
From The Black Experience in America by Coombs, Norman
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