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==Background==
==Background==
<center>{{cquote|C. Vann Woodward has called Progressivism in the South, "progressivism for white men only'. The activities of Wodpow Wilson and his Secretary of War, Josephus Daniels, both native southerners, support this view. Daniels oould defend the "color lines while attacking political corruption and the activities of the trusts. Wilson while calling for p*ogreesive banking and anti-trust legislation was endorsing D, W. Griffith's, 'Birth of a Nations film and &flowing segregation in the United. States armed foram. Theodore Roosevelt while inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House and noting upon his political suggestions, never called for antilynohing or anti.disfranohisement laws.|||"Voices of Protest: W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington," p. 6<ref>Barnes, Harry W. (August 8, 1969). [https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED044344.pdf Voices of Protest: W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington.] ''Institute of Education Sciences''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>}}</center>
During the First and Second New Deal, the majority of Southern Democrats lined up behind President Roosevelt, supporting left-wing economic relief measures at the expense of traditional free-market principles. The New Deal enforced institutional white supremacy to appease the Democrats of the "Solid South" who ardently opposed any federal legislation which would interfere with the region's Jim Crow laws; the Federal Housing Administration not only enforced segregation, but even refused to insure houses for black families.<ref>Little, Becky (June 1, 2021). [https://www.history.com/news/housing-segregation-new-deal-program How a New Deal Housing Program Enforced Segregation]. ''History Channel''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>
During the First and Second New Deal, the majority of Southern Democrats lined up behind President Roosevelt, supporting left-wing economic relief measures at the expense of traditional free-market principles. The New Deal enforced institutional white supremacy to appease the Democrats of the "Solid South" who ardently opposed any federal legislation which would interfere with the region's Jim Crow laws; the Federal Housing Administration not only enforced segregation, but even refused to insure houses for black families.<ref>Little, Becky (June 1, 2021). [https://www.history.com/news/housing-segregation-new-deal-program How a New Deal Housing Program Enforced Segregation]. ''History Channel''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>