South Carolina's governor Strom Thurmond protested President Truman's intention to enforce civil rights on a federal level,arguing that this would "convert America into a Hitler state."

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This is a historical fact. Strom Thurmond was a segregationist who opposed Truman's support for civil rights and called it an infringement on states' rights. He famously walked out of the Democratic National Convention in 1948 to form his own party, the States' Rights Democratic Party, which was also known as the Dixiecrats. Thurmond went on to serve as a U.S. Senator from South Carolina for 48 years, and he later renounced his segregationist views.

South Carolina's Governor Strom Thurmond Protested President Truman's Intention to Enforce