Into the bright sunshine : young Hubert Humphrey and the fight for civil rights /

From one of the country's most distinguished journalists, here is 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. During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Pa...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Freedman, Samuel G.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Zusammenfassung:
From one of the country's most distinguished journalists, here is 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. During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. 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. Even under Franklin Roosevelt, the party had dodged the issue in order to keep a bloc of Southern segregationists - the so-called Dixiecrats - in the New Deal coalition.
Umfang:
1 online resource (517 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2023.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-767708-8
0-19-753520-8
0-19-753521-6
Schlagworte:
Humphrey, Hubert H. > (Hubert Horatio), > 1911-1978.
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