Tag Archives: Dixiecrats

Public Resource: CBS News Longines Chronoscope: U.S. Senator Richard Russell in 1952

The New Democrat  Senator Richard Russell, was one of the leading Dixiecrats in Congress for almost forty-years. He was the Chairman of Southern Caucus in Congress and led the opposition to every civil rights bill in Congress in the 1950s … Continue reading

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Daniel JB Mitchell: ‘Huey Long Seen as Threat to FDR in 1930s’

Source:Daniel J.B. Mitchell– The U.S. Congress, where Huey Long once served as Senator from Louisiana. Source:The Daily Times  “Senator Huey Long of Louisiana led a populist “Share the Wealth” movement during the Great Depression. Long planned to run for president … Continue reading

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Video Activist The Best Man From (1964) Some Things Never Change

Source:The Daily Press I saw The Best Man the 1964 version for the first time in late 2008, during that presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain on Turner Classic Movies which was doing a special where they showed … Continue reading

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CBS News: Face The Nation: Richard Nixon (October 27, 1968)

Source:The New Democrat  Politically and ideologically Richard Nixon would be called what we call a Northeastern Republican today at least on social issues and even as it related to the safety net. He wasn’t against the safety net, but didn’t … Continue reading

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CBS Evening News: Ohio 1972 Presidential Democratic Primary

Source:The New Democrat  The Democratic Party didn’t have a traditional frontrunner for president in 1972. They were out of the White House and even though Hubert Humphrey who was their nominee for president in 1968 was still running for president … Continue reading

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Lou Gordon: Interviews Governor George C. Wallace in 1972

Source:The New Democrat  Lou Gordon giving Governor George Wallace of Alabama a very tough interview in 1972. I just wish this video showed the entire video, but Governor Wallace again running for President this time as a Democrat after bolting … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: George C. Wallace: The Wallace Crusade (1968)

Source:Firing Line With William F. Buckley– interviewing Governor George C. Wallace (Independent, Alabama) in 1968. Source:The New Democrat “WFB had sharply criticized Mr. Wallace in print, both for his once-adamant attachment to segregation and for his New Deal statism, and … Continue reading

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National Review: John Fund: ‘Setting The Record Straight On Jim Crow’

Source:The New Democrat  What John Fund doesn’t seem to understand or perhaps is ignoring, which is possible because he is a bright guy is that the Southern Democrats who blocked the civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s are … Continue reading

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Jamelle Bouie: John Fund’s Distorted History of The Democratic Party

What right-wingers of today and John Fund of the Wall Street Journal and National Review is one of them, don’t seem to understand is that even though it is true that Congressional Republicans supported the civil rights laws more than … Continue reading

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John Pilger: George Wallace: The Most Powerful Politician in America

Was Governor George Wallace ever the most powerful politician in America? I have my doubts, but he probably was the most powerful Southern governor during his time as far as the amount of power he had in his state. The … Continue reading

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