A Dixiecrat was a States Rights small government man, the states come first, not the Federal government. That was a Dixiecrat. In social issues they were conservative, they just wanted the right to control their own destiny, not Washington DC control is for them. Forced busing and affirmative action (all liberal democrat ideas) were the absolutely terrible ideas that didn’t work.
"We stand for the segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race...We oppose the elimination of segregation, the repeal of miscegenation statutes...We oppose and condemn the action of the Democratic Convention in sponsoring a civil rights program calling for the elimination of segregation, social equality by Federal fiat, regulation of private employment practices, voting, and local law enforcement..."
Those were from the Dixiecrat Platform in 1948. Very small government unless you're on the receiving end.
I will go further that that.
Black teachers were getting in front of black students in substantial numbers. They were becoming proper roll models, standing up in front of the class wearing “Class A” clothes, making a good salary based on having a good education and going to work being productive every day.
Couldn’t have that. Something had to change.
So they bussed the students, as the students needed the message that they couldn’t get a proper education with a black teacher. They needed a white teacher so they wouldn’t get the message that education and work was the ticket to a better life.
There were the same fraction of “A” black students after busing as before. The B,C,D black student fractions collapsed. They essentially gave up.
See, it is harder to fool the “A” students.