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In February 1967, Thompson served as master of ceremonies for a meeting of the Crescent City chapter of the National States' Rights Party. The main speaker at the meeting was the anti-Semitic and anti-African-American J. B. Stoner (1924-2005) of [[Tennessee]] and [[Georgia]], a strong critic of both national parties in regard to race relations in the United States.<ref>''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', February 20, 1967; section 3, p. 16; http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7927</ref> On u19, 1972, Thompson and his friend-mentor, the late Colonel Rene LaCoste, had a run-in with a group of Black Panthers at the Robert E. Lee Monument in New Orleans. The two segregationists were there to celebrate Lee's birthday.<ref name=psimsbook/>

In February 1967, Thompson served as master of ceremonies for a meeting of the Crescent City chapter of the National States' Rights Party. The main speaker at the meeting was the anti-Semitic and anti-African-American J. B. Stoner (1924-2005) of [[Tennessee]] and [[Georgia]], a strong critic of both national parties in regard to race relations in the United States.<ref>''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', February 20, 1967; section 3, p. 16; http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7927</ref> On u19, 1972, Thompson and his friend-mentor, the late Colonel Rene LaCoste, had a run-in with a group of Black Panthers at the Robert E. Lee Monument in New Orleans. The two segregationists were there to celebrate Lee's birthday.<ref name=psimsbook/>

Thompson's last political race was in November 1975, when he entered the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary for governor. Still filing as a Democrat, Thompson polled .4 of 1 percent, as the incumbent Democratic Governor Edwin Edwards coasted to a second second consecutive term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/~beyle/Expenditures/1968-1976Gov$.doc}}</ref>

Thompson's last political race was in November 1975, when he entered the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary for governor. Still filing as a Democrat, Thompson polled .4 of 1 percent, as the incumbent Democratic Governor Edwin Edwards coasted to a second second consecutive term.<ref>[http://www.unc.edu/~beyle/Expenditures/1968-1976Gov$.]</ref>

Thompson was never reconciled to the racial integration of American society.

Thompson was never reconciled to the racial integration of American society.