Hubert Humphrey
Subtitle: The Conscience of the Country
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Aug 21, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780300222395
Description: Hubert Humphrey was one of the great liberal leaders of postwar American politics, yet because he never made it to the Oval Office he has been largely overlooked by biographers. His career encompassed three well-known high points: the civil rights speech at the 1948 Democratic Convention that risked his political future; his shepherding of the 1964 Civil Rights Act through the Senate; and his near-victory in the 1968 presidential election, one of the angriest and most divisive in the country's history.
Notes: Source title: Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country