Mississippi’s rancorous old Dixiecrat John Rankin had been nursing his wounds and biding his time. He had been bent on revenge ever since House Democrats unceremoniously kicked him off the ...

On the 26th of July, less than two weeks after the Dixiecrat revolt, President Truman did just that. HARRY TRUMAN: It is hereby the declared policy of the president that there shall be equality ...

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