segregationist
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Robinson was initially a Republican, in part because of the power of segregationist Southern Democrats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Guided by that principle, one of us helped launch an effort within Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services to examine its history, including its segregationist past.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
White bridge-builders were key to liberating the segregationist South, as the historian David Chappel shows in his book Inside Agitators.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
George Wallace, a segregationist Alabama governor who opposed federal civil rights laws, helped found the party and ran on its ticket in the 1968 presidential campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
Hodges’ chief political foe at this time was an outspoken segregationist named I. Beverly Lake, an assistant state attorney general, who, it was rumored, planned to oppose Hodges in the 1956 gubernatorial race.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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