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Hubert H. Humphrey - 1948 Civil Rights Speech
On the last day of the 1948 Democratic National Convention, then little-known
Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey spoke in support of the minority resolution
on civil rights. The Platform Committee had defeated the minority resolution
the night before. Humphrey spoke for only eight minutes, but his speech turned
the tide and the convention delegates voted to support the course proposed
by Humphrey. According to historian Carl
Solberg, Humphrey's speech "ushered in the second era of redressing
racial injustice in America."
Humphrey
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Video Clip of Speech
