Date of Award
3-7-1972
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
John J. Hanrahan
Second Advisor
Jack E. Bizzel
Third Advisor
John Kleber
Abstract
The thesis of the research is that the States' Right Movement of 1948 in Mississippi helped to create a new political awareness among blacks for the first time since Radical Reconstruction. As a result of the Dixiecrat revolt against Truman and civil rights, blacks in the state became more assertive about their rights and in 1948 organized themselves gradually to demand their civil rights. In response to the Dixiecrat Movement can be found the origins of the civil rights movement of the fifties and sixties.
Recommended Citation
Hurns, Walter McClusky, "The Response of the Black Community in Mississippi to the Dixiecrat Movement in 1948" (1972). Morehead State Theses and Dissertations. 405.
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/msu_theses_dissertations/405
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