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The 1948 States' Rights Democratic Movement in Texas

The purpose of this paper is to examine, from a local perspective, the reaction of the southern conservative wing of the Democratic party to the liberal changes which occurred in that organization as a result of the transitional decades of the 1930s and 1940s. In particular, the study focuses on the growing sense of alienation and the eventual withdrawal of a handful of Texas Democrats from affiliation with the national body and their subsequent realignment with other dissident Dixie Democrats in the short-lived States' Rights party of 1948.
This work is based essentially on the personal recollections of Texans who participated in the States' Rights movement and on those papers of the party's leaders which have survived until today.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504029
Date08 1900
CreatorsGriffin, James P.
ContributorsKelly, Lawrence C., DeMougeot, William R.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 124 leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas, 1930/1950
RightsPublic, Griffin, James P., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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