The Politics of Equality: Hubert Humphrey and the African American Freedom Struggle, 1945-1978

by Timothy N. Thurber

Book Overview

Timothy N. Thurber explores the links between Senator Hubert Humphrey's policies on racial justice and economic reform. Thurber investigates Humphrey's legislative agenda in the context of the tensions between the class-based politics of the New Deal to which Humphrey wished the party to return and the rights-based politics that eventually came to dominate the Democratic platform. Although Humphrey is often associated with the civil rights movement,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231110472
• ISBN13: 9780231110471
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher