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Hubert Humphrey Pledges Support
As mayor of Minneapolis, Hubert Humphrey held membership in the National Urban League and assisted the League's efforts to fight discrimination in Minneapolis and St. Paul. He first met Whitney Young, then director of industrial relations for the St. Paul Urban League, in 1947. In this letter then Senator Humphrey congratulates Young on the March on Washington and pledges his "total commitment to President Kennedy's civil rights bill." In 1964 Senate Democratic Majority Leader Mike Mansfield named Humphrey the Democratic floor leader for the bill. |