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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Hubert Humphrey Takes Center Stage (1948) w/ Samuel G Freedman
Description: It’s July 13th. Only July 14th, 1948, at the Democratic National Convention, a young Hubert Humphrey took the stage and implored his party to embrace the cause of civil rights.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Samuel G Freedman of Columbia University to discuss why Humphrey’s speech sent such a shockwave through the party — and ultimately convinced it to adopt a pro-civil rights plank heading into that election.
Freedman’s new book about Humphrey is called Into The Bright Sunshine.
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