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===Fair Deal: nail in the coffin for old Southern progressivism===

===Fair Deal: nail in the coffin for old Southern progressivism===

By the presidency of Harry Truman following Roosevelt's death, civil rights had already began to take priority among New Deal liberalism. The Fair Employment Practice Committee was enacted by FDR in 1941 to prevent segregationist laws from impeding the war effort, and Truman expediently abandoned his racism on the public level in seeking to strengthen civil rights provisions, all but alienating the old progressive wing of the Southern Democrats.

By the presidency of Harry Truman following Roosevelt's death, civil rights had already began to take priority among New Deal liberalism. The Fair Employment Practice Committee was enacted by FDR in 1941 to prevent segregationist laws from impeding the war effort, and Truman expediently abandoned his racism on the public level in seeking to strengthen civil rights provisions,<ref group=note>Truman was well-known as a racist and even faced suspicion of Ku Klux Klan membership, though publicly declared his support for civil rights following antiblack violence against veterans since the onset of the post–World War II era.</ref> all but alienating the old progressive wing of the Southern Democrats.

==Platform<ref name=platform>August 14, 1948. [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/platform-the-states-rights-democratic-party Platform of the States Rights Democratic Party]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>==

==Platform<ref name=platform>August 14, 1948. [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/platform-the-states-rights-democratic-party Platform of the States Rights Democratic Party]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved May 15, 2023.</ref>==