Today in History

July 17, 1948
Segregationist Splinter Group
On this day in 1948, The States' Rights Party nominates Strom Thurmond for president at their convention in Birmingham, Alabama. The party, composed of southern Democrats—known as Dixiecrats—separated from the Democratic party in opposition to its civil rights platform, and to protect segregation and what they called the southern way of life and states' rights. Thurmond carries Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina, but Democrat Harry Truman wins the presidency.



Today's Feature History Article

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dream Assignment

Photographer Bob Adelman's picture of Martin Luther King, Jr., taken 40 years ago, captures one of the greatest speeches in American history




 



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