1948 Democratic National Convention civil rights speech
GPTKB entity
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:public_speaker
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| gptkbp:callsFor |
ending racial segregation
federal civil rights legislation |
| gptkbp:date |
July 14, 1948
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| gptkbp:deliveredBy |
gptkb:1948_Democratic_National_Convention
gptkb:Hubert_Humphrey |
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
helped shift Democratic Party toward support for civil rights
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
1948 Democratic National Convention civil rights speech
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| gptkbp:influenced |
adoption of a strong civil rights plank in the 1948 Democratic platform
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
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| gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
national attention
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| gptkbp:notableQuote |
The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states’ rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights.
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| gptkbp:resultedIn |
walkout by some Southern delegates
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| gptkbp:topic |
civil rights
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hubert_H._Humphrey
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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