- Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Dixiecrat Convention
- Creator:
- Johnson, Marion, 1917-1998
- Date of Original:
- 1948
- Subject:
- Demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham
Crowds--Alabama--Birmingham
Protest movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Signs (Notices)--Alabama--Birmingham
Women--1940-1950
Clothing and dress--1940-1950
Flags--United States
Presidential elections--Alabama--Birmingham
Meetings--Alabama--Birmingham
Political campaigns
Political elections--Alabama--Birmingham
Political parades and rallies--Alabama--Birmingham
Political participation--Alabama--Birmingham
Political parties--Alabama--Birmingham
Political conventions--Alabama--Birmingham
Segregation--United States--1940-1950
States' Rights Democratic Party
States' Rights Democratic Party--History - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a crowd of men at the Dixiecrat Convention in Birmingham, Alabama jeering at a woman with an anti lynching, pro-Henry Wallace poster.
The Dixiecrat Convention of 1948 was a gathering of the States Rights Democratic Party to nominate U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond for President of the United States. The party, also known as the Dixiecrats, were a segregationist, populist, socially conservative offshoot of the Democratic Party. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 33.21.02
ahc033021002a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/MJohnson/id/2
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white safety film
- Original Collection:
- Marion Johnson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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