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==Attending Democratic conventions==

==Attending Democratic conventions==

Passman became politically active as a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]s in 1948, 1952, and 1956. In 1948, delegates from [[Mississippi]] and [[Alabama]] walked out of the convention in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] and supported then Governor [[Strom Thurmond]] of [[South Carolina]], who opposed President [[Harry Truman]] and instead ran for president as the nominee of the new [[Dixiecrat|States' Rights Party]]. The Thurmond forces opposed the [[civil rights]] plank inserted in the Democratic national platform. In Louisiana, Thurmond and his running-mate, Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright, were the official Democratic nominees and hence won the state's then ten [[electoral vote]]s, since eight electoral votes.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 334.</ref>

Passman became politically active as a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]s in 1948, 1952, and 1956. In 1948, delegates from [[Mississippi]] and [[Alabama]] walked out of the convention in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] and supported then Governor [[Strom Thurmond]] of [[South Carolina]], who opposed President [[Harry Truman]] and instead ran for president as the nominee of the new [[Dixiecrat|States' Rights Party]]. The Thurmond forces opposed the [[civil rights]] plank inserted in the Democratic national platform. In Louisiana, Thurmond and his running-mate, Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright, were the official Democratic nominees and hence won the state's then ten [[electoral vote]]s, since eight electoral votes.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 334.</ref>

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[[Category:Racism]]

[[Category:Racism]]

[[Category:Conservative Democrats]]

[[Category:Conservative Democrats]]

[[Category:Southern Baptists]]

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