 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Williams akatsigira kodzero dzenyika uye kuparadzaniswa kwemarudzi. Akabatana nenhume dzomunyika yake mukurega basa kweDemocratic National Convention ya1948muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. Akatsigira mushandirapamwe waDixiecrat waStrom Thurmond, uyo waiva nepuratifomu yokusiyana kwemarudzi. Thurmond akakunda zviri nyore kuvhota musarudzo muMississippi nedzimwe nyika nhatu dzokumaodzanyemba kwakadzika. 