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The dramatic moment marked a turning point in McCarthy’s influence in Washington, after years of leading a crusade against suspected Communist Party members in government and American society more broadly—a period known as the Red Scare.
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7/ Humphrey remained a forceful advocate for progressive causes until his death in 1978 and is remembered as a champion of civil rights, labor, and liberal ideals.
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6/ Humphrey returned to the Senate in 1970, reclaiming the Minnesota seat vacated by McCarthy. He launched another bid for the Democratic nomination in 1972 but was ultimately defeated by Senator George McGovern. By 1976, he was seen as a party elder but declined to seek the nomination again.
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5/ Humphrey narrowly lost the election to Republican Richard Nixon, earning 42.7% of the popular vote to Nixon’s 43.4%. Segregationist candidate George Wallace captured 13.5% of the vote and carried five Southern states.
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4/ Although he privately disagreed with President Johnson’s war policy, he remained publicly loyal until the campaign's final weeks—costing him credibility with anti-war Democrats, many of whom had supported Senator Eugene McCarthy.
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3/ His stand prompted a walkout by the party’s segregationist faction but marked a defining moment in the party’s evolution. In 1968, Humphrey secured the Democratic nomination for president amid deep divisions over the Vietnam War.
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2/ Widely regarded as a leader of the Democratic Party’s liberal wing, Humphrey rose to national prominence at the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where he delivered a fiery speech in support of civil rights.
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In 1865, prior to the first official observance, formerly enslaved Black Americans gathered in Charleston, South Carolina, to honor Union soldiers who had died in a Confederate prison camp and were buried in a mass grave.
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Before he assumed office in March, seven Southern states had seceded from the Union, pledging to uphold slavery.
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Hi, Eddie! Herbert Hoover was the 31st president.