. ▁Dis f ranch is ement ▁of ▁black s ▁and ▁poor ▁whites ▁continued ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁six ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁Federal ▁politics ▁ ▁Mississippi ▁white ▁residents , ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁South , ▁long ▁supported ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party . ▁The ▁policies ▁of ▁Re const ruction , ▁which ▁included ▁feder ally ▁appointed ▁Republican ▁govern ors , ▁led ▁to ▁white ▁Southern ▁res ent ment ▁toward ▁the ▁Republican ▁Party . ▁Following ▁the ▁Comp rom ise ▁of ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁federal ▁troops ▁enfor cing ▁the ▁prov isions ▁of ▁Re const ruction ▁were ▁pulled ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁South . ▁The ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁reg ained ▁political ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s , ▁partly ▁by ▁using ▁violence ▁and ▁fra ud ▁to ▁suppress ▁black ▁vot er ▁turn out ▁and ▁turn ▁elections ▁in ▁their ▁favor . ▁Black s ▁had ▁fav ored ▁Republican ▁candidates ▁and ▁the ▁party ▁of ▁Lincoln . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁after ▁years ▁of ▁indirect ly ▁supporting ▁the ▁dis f ranch is ement ▁of ▁black s ▁in ▁the ▁South , ▁northern ▁Democr ats ▁began ▁increasing ly ▁to ▁support ▁labor ▁un ions ▁and ▁civil ▁rights ▁for ▁black s . ▁Many ▁conserv ative ▁white ▁Democr ats ▁began ▁to ▁get ▁rest less . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁sign ▁of ▁this ▁dis content ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁president ial ▁election , ▁when ▁the ▁D ix iec rat ▁sl ate ▁of ▁St rom ▁Th ur mond ▁and ▁Mississippi ▁Governor ▁Field ing ▁Wright ▁won ▁a