Dixiecrats

Dixiecrats is a very specific reference to an entirely different political party — sort of.

Think Progress » Both Mississippi And Georgia Have Confederate History Proclamations Without Any Mention of Slavery 2010

"Dixiecrats" -- the cornerstone of their congressional majorities.

NPR Topics: News 2010

The Boutwell Auditorium itself tells its own story: in 1948, it hosted the States Rights Democratic Convention, at which Southern Democrats - the "Dixiecrats" - broke away from the national party in protest at its commitment to "human rights" over states 'rights.

BBC Blog Network 2009

This was a bipartisan filibuster, although the Democrats are described as Dixiecrats in the Wikipedia article.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010

The Dixiecrats were the true trailblazers, having argued for generations that Federalism and Conservativism were synonymous with their brand of apartheid politics.

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Later that year, he ran as the presidential candidate of the states rights Democrats, the so-called Dixiecrats, and he actually carried four states.

CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2003 2003

He ran for the states rights party, known as the Dixiecrats, back in '48.

CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002 2002

NARRATOR: ... to form a pro-segregation states rights party, better-known as Dixiecrats, hold their own convention, and make South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond their presidential nominee.

CNN Transcript - Special Event: Democratic National Convention: Joseph Lieberman to Give Keynote Address - August 16, 2000 2000

Count in a few Blue Dog Dem's … what used to be called Dixiecrats … biting the hand that feeds them and it still passed, but leaving a very sour taste behind.

Political Waves 2009

The Dixiecrats were a group of Southern Democrats who, in the 1948 national election, formed a third party, the State's Rights Democratic Party with the slogan: "Segregation Forever!"

Canada Free Press Frances Rice 2009