e/Lily-White Movement

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has gloss	eng: The Lily-White Movement was an anti-civil-rights movement within the Republican Party in the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The movement was a response to the political and socioeconomic gains made by African-Americans following the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which eliminated slavery. Black leaders gained increasing influence in the party by organizing blacks as an important voting bloc. Conservative white groups attempted to eliminate this influence and recover white voters who who had defected to the Democratic Party.
lexicalization	eng: Lily White Movement
lexicalization	eng: Lily-White Movement
instance of	c/Defunct American political movements