United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249Johnson, Marion, 1917-19981948View of delegates to the Dixiecrat Convention in Birmingham, Alabama.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.image/jpegVIS 33.21.27ahc033021027a.jpghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Marion Johnson Photographs, Atlanta History CenterPresidential elections--Alabama--BirminghamCrowds--Alabama--BirminghamProtest movements--Alabama--BirminghamSigns (Notices)--Alabama--BirminghamClothing and dress--1940-1950Meetings--Alabama--BirminghamPolitical campaignsPolitical elections--Alabama--BirminghamPolitical parades and rallies--Alabama--BirminghamPolitical participation--Alabama--BirminghamPolitical parties--Alabama--BirminghamPolitical conventions--Alabama--BirminghamFlags--Confederate States of AmericaFlags--United StatesSegregation--United States--1940-1950States' Rights Democratic PartyStates' Rights Democratic Party--HistoryDixiecrat ConventionStillImage