The Politics of Equality: Hubert H. Humphrey and the African American Freedom Struggle

This text explores the links between Senator Hubert Humphrey's policies on racial justice and economic reform. It 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. The author aims to show that Humphrey stood out in his commitment to achieving racial equality through means of economic reform, an approach that was not readily embraced by the Democratic party.