...the civilrights plank which was adopted at the 1948 Democratic national convention. That plank reads: We again state our belief that racial and religious...right to live, the right to work, the right to vote, and the full and equal protection of the laws on a basis of equality with all citizens as guaranteed...

...civilrights plank which was adopted at the 1948 Democratic national convention. That plank reads : We again state our belief that racial and religious...right to live, the right to work, the right to vote, and the full and equal protection of the laws on a basis of equality with all citizens as guaranteed...

...legislation to protect the rights of minorities" — Republican National Resolutions Committee, 1950. "We again state our belief that racial and religious...with all citizens as guaranteed by the Constitution." — Democratic national resolutions committee, 1950. "We believe that the Federal Government should...

...legislation to protect the rights of minorities" — Republican National Resolutions Committee, 1950. "We again state our belief that racial and religious...with all citizens as guaranteed by the Constitution." — Democratic national resolutions committee, 1950. "We believe Unit the Federal Government should...

...made in recent years in eliminating unfair and illegal discrimination based on race, creed or color. The Democratic party commits itself to continuing...all citizens as guaranteed by the Constitution. We highly commend President Harry Truman for his courageous stand on the issue of civil rights. We call...

...convention in 1948; the Dixiecrats split after a platform position was read out which declared that "The Democratic Party commits itself to continuing...all racial, religious and economic discrimination." Truman's Democrats survived that split to win the 1948 presidential election, against the expectations...

...lived. The party's 1948 platform framed the issues as questions of "civil rights" or "minority rights."" The Democratic Party commits itself to continuing...economic discrimination. We again state our belief 31. Prior statements of this sort could be found as early as 1940. "We are a nation," said FDR, "of...

...made in recent years in eliminating unfair and illegal discrimination based on race, creed, or color. The Democratic Party commits itself to continuing...all citizens as guaranteed by the Constitution. We highly commend President Harry S. Truman for his courageous stand on the issue of civil rights. We...

..."itself to continuing its efforts to eradicate all racial, religious, economic discrimination. . . . Racial and religious minorities must have the right to live, the right to work, the right to vote, and the full and equal protection of the laws on a basis of equality with all citizens as guaranteed...