The Politics of Equality Hubert H. Humphrey and the African American Freedom Struggle
- List Price: $99.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
- Publish date: 03/01/1999
Thurber begins by tracing Humphrey's early life, and goes on to detail the rise of his political career, his lifelong commitment to the New Deal goal of economic equality, and his legislative agenda as a senator. From the Fair Employment Practices law, to the triumphant passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, to more radical recommendations -- such as a Domestic Marshall Plan -- Humphrey became concerned with how structural changes in the economy effected African Americans.
Thurber uses Humphrey's career not only to explore the intersection of race, class, and politics in the second half of this century but also to reveal the trajectory of Democratic politics in the postwar era as the party faced the increasingly difficult task of maintaining the New Deal coalition. Hubert Humphrey's agenda of racial justice through economic reform -- its triumphs and its failures -- represents for Thurber the precarious position of liberalism and a road still not taken.
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