states' rights

  • 11States'Rights Party — n. A former political party founded in 1948 by Southern Democrats to consolidate opposition to civil rights policies of the regular Democratic Party. * * * …

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  • 12states' rights — rights of each individual state to do things such as charge taxes and pass laws (in the United States) …

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  • 13States Rights Gist — Infobox Military Person name= States Rights Gist lived= September 3, 1831 ndash; November 30, 1864 placeofbirth= Union, South Carolina placeofdeath= Franklin, Tennessee caption= States Rights Gist photo taken between 1862 and 1864 nickname=… …

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  • 14States Rights Records — Infobox record label name = States Rights Records image bg = parent = founded = 2001 founder = Steve Schroeder defunct = distributor = genre = Ril country = United States location = Portland, Oregon url = http://www.statesrightsrecords.comStates… …

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  • 15States' Rights Democratic Party — Dixiecrat Präsidentschaftskandidat Strom Thurmond Die States Rights Democratic Party, deren Mitglieder gemeinhin Dixiecrats (dt: Dixiekraten) genannt werden, ist eine ehemalige US amerikanische politische Partei. Ihr Spitzenkandidat Strom… …

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  • 16States Rights Gist — Brigadegeneral States Rights Gist States Rights Gist (* 3. September 1831 in Union District, South Carolina; † 30. November 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee) war ein Brigadegeneral der Armee der Konföderierten Staaten von Amerika während des …

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  • 17States’ Rights Party —    In 1948, many southerners bolted the Democratic National Convention in 1948 to form the States’ Rights Party due to the adoption of a strong civil rights plank and Harry S. Truman’s call for the beginning of desegregation in the U.S. armed… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

  • 18States' Rights Democratic party — a political party formed by dissident southern Democrats who opposed the candidacy of Harry Truman in 1948 and campaigned on a platform of states rights. * * * …

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  • 19states' rights — noun a) The belief that each of the 50 U.S. states has reserved powers, the sovereign right to determine policies on some issues. b) A catch phrase used by some in the Civil Rights Era as an excuse to keep the federal government from granting… …

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  • 20states' rights — noun plural Date: 1839 all rights not vested by the United States Constitution in the federal government nor forbidden by it to the separate states …

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