In 3–5 sentences, describe the members of the Dixiecrats and their response to the legislation that outlawed segregation.

The members of the Dixiecrats were southern democrats who heavily opposed the ideas of the civil rights movement. They didn't want segregation to be outlawed and were strong supporters of the idea. They even attempted to stall the bill by using a filibuster. The Dixiecrats were not happy with segregation being outlawed and were angered by it.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts