Historical Figures: Dixiecrats

Going to talk about the short lived political party from the south. We going to talk about why they were started and what they tried to do.

Dixiecrats by Kari Frederickson, University of Alabama - http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1477

Strom Thurmond - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Strom-Thurmond

Robert C. Byrd - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-C-Byrd

The Dixiecrat Myth - https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-dixiecrat-myth

THE BIG SWITCH THAT WASN’T: THE DIXIECRATS, RACE AND 1964 - https://www.american1.com/the-big-switch-that-wasnt-the-dixiecrats-race-and-1964/#_edn3