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Samuel G. Freedman

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The 1948 Democratic National Convention Is the Missing Link in Civil Rights History

Civil rights activists failed to expel an all-white, segregationist delegation. But their efforts foreshadowed later milestones in the fight for equality

by Samuel G. Freedman via Smithsonian on July 19, 2023
The Writers Who Went Undercover to Show America Its Ugly Side

In the 1940s, a series of books tried to use the conventions of detective fiction to expose the degree of prejudice in postwar America.

by Samuel G. Freedman via The Atlantic on July 10, 2023
It Was Never About Economic Anxiety: On the Book That Foresaw the Rise of Trump

Samuel Freedman rereads 1975's "Blue-Collar Aristocrats."

by Samuel G. Freedman via Literary Hub on January 30, 2020

Into The Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights

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Hubert Humphrey.

Votes for Humphrey [Biden]

On (not) voting.

by Michael Brenes via Warfare And Welfare on June 11, 2024

Hubert Humphrey addresses the Democratic National Convention in July 1948.

The Speech That Turned Democrats on Civil Rights and Lost Them the South

The president didn’t want to go too far on civil rights in 1948, fearing it would cost him reelection. But an obscure mayor changed the race — and his party.

by Richard Harris via Retropolis on July 14, 2023

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