Interesting piece of information l noticed in reading today's 'toons: Hubert H. Humphrey

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apparently formed the Democratic Farmer Labor Party (DFL) in MN. Its original headquarters was at 38th St. and Chicago Ave . George Floyd was murdered at 38th St. and Chicago Ave.

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1. What piece of History.

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2. Hubert Humphrey also gave a speech calling for Civil Rights which led to the walk out of Southern

Racists during the 1948 Convention and led to the Dixiecrats nominating Strom Thurmond.

I believe Humphrey was Mayor of Minneapolis at this time.

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3. Correct.

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8. He was, indeed. My grandmother was very involved in that campaign

She was one of (if not THE) biggest New York City fundraisers of his Senate campaign. I don't know where it was that she met him, but they were lifelong friends, and it led to a generations-long friendship between her side of the family and the "Minnesota Democratic Mafia." From Humphrey to Mondale ("Fritz" ) to Norm Ornstein, who is officially neutral, but being a big-hearted soul, tends instinctively to share our sentiments, and AL Franken, of course, though he never knew any of the rest of my family.

My grandmother had worked for a member of a now-extinct species, a "progressive Republican," named Fiorello LaGrardia, who was mayor of New York City. She was his labor liason until he fired her for being too friendly with labor and not friendly enough with him. Oh, well, she never lacked for other things to do.

Humphrey knew what he was risking with his backing of Civil Rights. So did LBJ, for that matter, who said out loud that he had "lost the South for the Democrats for a Generation." More like five generations, as it turned out, but I don't think he had any regrets, and Humphrey certainly didn't.

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4. Let me add the relevant part

Cartoonist Jack Ohman, currently with the Sacramento Bee

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5. Thank you. My machine is not letting me copy or link.

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7. Thank you

That says so much.

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