After leaving office due to term limits , White was a delegate representing Mississippi at the 1948 Democratic National Convention . When Mayor of Minneapolis Hubert Humphrey urged the Democratic Party to " get out of the shadow of states ' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights " , White and the other delegates from Mississippi and Alabama walked out of the convention . White and these delegates formed the Dixiecrat Party , nominating Strom Thurmond for President
1948 Democratic National Convention
1948 Democratic National Convention
Hugh L. White