This edition: Samuel Freedman: "Into the Bright Sunshine"
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Episode Details
Original tape date: October 17, 2023. First aired: December 12, 2023."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!
Guest List
Samuel G. Freedman Author, "Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights", Professor, Columbia School of Journalism
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- Samuel Freedman: "Into the Bright Sunshine"
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- Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Nation
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- Monday, March 24 - 1:30pm
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- Ronald E. Richter: JCCA / Repair the world / child by child
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