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Into the Bright Sunshine

by Samuel G. Freedman
Mike Lenz
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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. On the convention's final day, Hubert Humphrey, the relatively obscure mayor of the midsized city of Minneapolis, ascended the podium. Defying Truman's own desire to occupy the middle ground, Humphrey urged the delegates to "get out of the shadow of state's rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights." Humphrey's speech put everything on the line, rhetorically and politically, to move the party, and the country, forward. To the surprise of many, including Humphrey himself, the delegates voted to adopt a meaningful civil-rights plank. With no choice but to run on it, Truman seized the opportunity it offered, desegregating the armed forces and in November upsetting the frontrunner Thomas Dewey, a victory due in part to an unprecedented surge of Black voters. The outcome of that week in July 1948-which marks its seventy-fifth anniversary as this book is published-shapes American politics to this day.
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Series: Pivotal Moments in American History Publisher: Kalorama Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781696611183
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  • Release date: July 27, 2023
  • Duration: 17:09:36

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  • ISBN: 9781696611183
  • File size: 494288 KB
  • Release date: July 27, 2023
  • Duration: 17:18:27
  • Number of parts: 19

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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. On the convention's final day, Hubert Humphrey, the relatively obscure mayor of the midsized city of Minneapolis, ascended the podium. Defying Truman's own desire to occupy the middle ground, Humphrey urged the delegates to "get out of the shadow of state's rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights." Humphrey's speech put everything on the line, rhetorically and politically, to move the party, and the country, forward. To the surprise of many, including Humphrey himself, the delegates voted to adopt a meaningful civil-rights plank. With no choice but to run on it, Truman seized the opportunity it offered, desegregating the armed forces and in November upsetting the frontrunner Thomas Dewey, a victory due in part to an unprecedented surge of Black voters. The outcome of that week in July 1948-which marks its seventy-fifth anniversary as this book is published-shapes American politics to this day.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Politics Sociology Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Kalorama
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781696611183
    File size: 494214 KB
    Release date: July 27, 2023
    Duration: 17:09:36

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781696611183
    File size: 494288 KB
    Release date: July 27, 2023
    Duration: 17:18:27
    Number of parts: 19

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English