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===Lily-white movement===

===Lily-white movement===

Despite his push for protecting black constitutional rights in 1898, Pritchard by 1900 joined the "lily-white" movement, a group of Southern white Republicans who were intraparty rivals of black Republican politicians and more racially tolerant whites,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> known as the "black and tan" faction.<ref>Justesen, Benjamin R. (2006). [https://www.ncpedia.org/lily-white-politics Lily-White Politics]. ''NCPedia''. Retrieved September 29, 2021.</ref>

Despite his push for protecting black constitutional rights in 1898, Pritchard by 1900 joined the "lily-white" movement, a group of Southern white Republicans who were intraparty rivals of black Republican politicians and more racially tolerant whites,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> known as the "black and tan" faction.<ref name=lilywhitemovement>Justesen, Benjamin R. (2006). [https://www.ncpedia.org/lily-white-politics Lily-White Politics]. ''NCPedia''. Retrieved September 29, 2021.</ref> He even advocated in 1900 against black public officeholders, and the statewide GOP performed poorly that year.<ref name=lilywhitemovement/>

Pritchard was particularly at odds with GOP congressman George H. White, the last black Republican to serve in the House before [[Oscar De Priest]] was elected from a Chicago-based district in the late 1920s.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> No black Democrats were elected to Congress until in the [[1934 Midterm Elections|1934 midterms]].

Pritchard was particularly at odds with GOP congressman George H. White, the last black Republican to serve in the House before [[Oscar De Priest]] was elected from a Chicago-based district in the late 1920s.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> No black Democrats were elected to Congress until in the [[1934 Midterm Elections|1934 midterms]].