What was Operation Dixie (1946-1953) ?

A) an effort by white supremacists to counter the efforts of civil rights organizations in the South
B) an effort by the Republican Party to gain the support of white southern voters who were disgruntled with the Democrats' increasingly pro-civil rights stance
C) an effort by the CIO to unionize the South's interracial workforce
D) an effort by the NAACP to create chapters in major southern cities

Operation Dixie

A campaign launched by the Congress of Industrial Organizations in the 1940s aimed at unionizing industrial workers across the Southern United States, facing considerable resistance.

CIO

Congress of Industrial Organizations, an federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 until 1955.

Interracial Workforce

A workforce composed of employees from various racial backgrounds working together in a professional environment.