As Hubert Humphrey, the 37-year-old mayor of Minneapolis, led the Minnesota delegation to the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, his primary goal was to help persuade the Democratic ...

MINNEAPOLIS — This month marks the 75th anniversary of Hubert H. Humphrey's bold move to push fellow Democrats to embrace civil rights, a pivotal moment in American political history detailed in ...

But at the beginning, Humphrey vaulted into national prominence at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, where he delivered a powerful speech advocating a robust civil rights plank for the party’s ...

Geri Joseph lived 100 lives in her 100 years. The journalist, activist, DFL Party chair, prolific board member, Mondale Policy Forum director and U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands wrote speeches, ...

I enjoyed Robert Merry’s review of “True Believer: Hubert Humphrey’s Quest for a More Just America” by James Traub (“A Liberal of His Time,” Bookshelf, Feb. 14). A little known story about Humphrey is ...

Hubert Humphrey experienced some of the most depressing and some of the most exhilarating moments of his political life—all within one day and in the same state, Georgia. In his deepest drive so far ...

Though the Civil Rights Movement came to fruition in the 1950s and 1960s, one can arguably trace its roots to Hubert Humphrey's speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, advocating for ...

With Democrats divided over the Israel-Hamas war, uninspired by their presidential nominee in Joe Biden and planning a convention in Chicago, there have been multiple comparisons to 1968, when ...

WASHINGTON - If Kamala Harris has her way, Minnesota may become known as the cradle of Democratic vice presidents. Gov. Tim Walz would be the third Minnesotan of the last six Democratic veeps, should ...