Strom Thurmond

Strom Thurmond was a South Carolina politician who served as governor and U.S. senator and ran for president in 1948 on a segregationist platform.

Harry Byrd: Harry F. Byrd was a Virginia politician who led the state’s Democratic organization and opposed school integration. Like Thurmond, Byrd joined the 1948 States’ Rights Democratic presidential campaign.
South Carolina: South Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast. Its political institutions and racial order shaped Thurmond’s entire career.
1948 United States presidential election: The 1948 United States presidential election returned Harry S. Truman to the presidency over Thomas E. Dewey and other challengers. Thurmond’s third-party campaign won four states and exposed a deep split among Democrats.
States' rights: States’ rights is the principle that U.S. states retain powers not delegated to the federal government. Thurmond invoked states’ rights to resist federal action against racial segregation.
James F. Byrnes: James F. Byrnes was a South Carolina politician who served as governor, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and Supreme Court justice. Byrnes preceded Thurmond as a dominant South Carolina politician and governed during the school desegregation crisis.
Dixiecrat: A Dixiecrat was a supporter of the 1948 States’ Rights Democratic Party, which opposed federal civil-rights measures. Thurmond became the party’s presidential nominee after segregationist Democrats broke with the national party.
Southern strategy: The Southern strategy was a Republican electoral approach that sought support among white Southern voters, especially through racial issues. Thurmond’s party switch made him a prominent symbol of white Southern movement toward the Republican Party.
Brown v. Board of Education: Brown v. Board of Education was a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The decision directly challenged the segregated school system Thurmond defended.
Lillian Gordy Carter: Lillian Gordy Carter was an American nurse and public health activist who served in the Peace Corps in India. Her son Jimmy Carter defeated Thurmond’s preferred candidate in South Carolina’s 1976 presidential primary.
Democratic Party (United States): The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Thurmond began his career as a Democrat before switching parties in 1964.

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