Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights Freedman Samuel G.
Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights Freedman Samuel G. From one of the country's most distinguished journalists, a revisionist and riveting look at the…
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Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights Freedman Samuel G.
From one of the country's most distinguished journalists, a revisionist and riveting look at the American politician whom history has judged a loser, yet who played a key part in the greatest social movement of the 20th century. A superbly written tale of moral and political courage for present-day readers who find themselves in similarly dark times." -The New York TimesDuring one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. "Riveting. . . .
Even under Franklin Roosevelt, the party had dodged the issue in order to keep a bloc of The most pressing and controversial issue facing the delegates was not whom to nominate for president -the incumbent, Harry Truman, was the presumptive candidate -but whether the Democrats would finally embrace the cause of civil rights and embed it in their official platform.