25 min
Samuel Freedman: "Into the Bright Sunshine" CUNY TV's Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV
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“Into the Bright Sunshine,” Samuel Freedman’s cultural biography of Hubert Humphrey, a “ruthless foe of anti-semitism and champion of civil rights,” reminds us of lynchings, racism, segregation and more that existed in this country prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of one of the “true acts of courage in American politics…” Humphrey’s speech in support of civil rights at the Democratic National Convention, in 1947!
“Into the Bright Sunshine,” Samuel Freedman’s cultural biography of Hubert Humphrey, a “ruthless foe of anti-semitism and champion of civil rights,” reminds us of lynchings, racism, segregation and more that existed in this country prior to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of one of the “true acts of courage in American politics…” Humphrey’s speech in support of civil rights at the Democratic National Convention, in 1947!
25 min