Democratic Convention AKA Truman At Democratic Convention (1948)

[@jwchamberlain5862]

Imagine, 1948, all those people, middle of summer & no AC

[@robertshonk518]

And there were more lights than usual, to help the primitive television cameras pick up the images. People were fainting all over.

[@FrankIsAlwaysRight]

This speech including calling Congress back into session put the a Republican Party out of power within the house for nearly 50 years.

[@jrizaac]

They had brief control of the house again for another 2 years after their win in 1952

[@railrodemike]

Will never forget Harry Truman holding up newspaper stating Dewey won election.

[@BarryMerson-zr1sv]

Truman was a good man and a great President.

[@timothygibney159]

This moment is what changed politics forever and transformed the Democratic party from a racist white man's party to one for equal rights

[@Atheneon]

How

[@dustin6804]

@@Atheneon At the time, the Democrat party had two different factions. Northern Dems supported passing federal equal rights laws while southern Dems wanted those laws to be up to the states. Truman (acting against advice from his advisers) pledged to include civil rights in his platform. Despite mostly every poll saying he would lose, he won. It was the first time a Democrat won without the South and made Dems adapt civil rights into their platform

[@billybilly1284]

Lol you’re probably not even American. The democrat party is still to this day racist

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

There still racist but worse

[@jimbutler3373]

You've got to be kidding.

[@waltermlane9664]

Back when Ronald Reagan was a Democrat!

[@ConradDwight-wm8yt]

Back when democrats were actually democrats! Haven’t had a democrat in office now for a decade that group splintered into 3 factions!!! MARXISTS ,COMMUNISTS OR SOCIALISTS NOW!!!!