Strom Thurmond bragged for years about dehydrating his body to prepare for his speech opposing the Civil Rights Act. He didn’t talk about his Black daughter, though.

Before Harry Truman, the U.S. had had six Presidents ... hit the Democratic National Committee; Georgian George B. Hamilton, its finance director, resigned. Only one Southern stalwart came forward ...

I encountered this in the 1980s when several southern Democrats voted with President Ronald Reagan. They suddenly found their committee assignments and proposed legislation in jeopardy.