The States' Rights Democratic Party (a.k.a. Dixiecrat Party) was a segregationist, splinter party of the Democratic Party in the mid-20th century determined to protect what they saw as the Southern way of life against an oppressive federal government.
The States' Rights Democratic Party (a.k.a. Dixiecrat Party) was a segregationist. Splinter party of the Democratic Party in the mid-20th century determined to protect what they saw as the Southern way of life against an oppressive federal government was a segregationist.