Award-Winning Author, Professor Samuel Freedman to Discuss the Influence of 海角社区, Louisiana on Hubert Humphrey鈥檚 Views of Civil Rights
October 6, 2023
BATON ROUGE鈥擳he Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at 海角社区鈥檚 Manship School of Mass Communication will host 鈥淭he Hubert Humphrey Legacy: A Conversation Between Robert Mann and Samuel Freedman.鈥� This event will take place on Oct. 11 at 3:30 p.m. CT. in the Holliday Forum of the 海角社区 Journalism Building.
The event will shed light on former Vice President Hubert Humphrey鈥檚 time as an 海角社区 graduate student in the early 1940s and how it shaped his views on civil rights. Columbia University professor Samuel Freedman and Manship School professor Robert Mann will discuss Humphrey鈥檚 experiences of Louisiana鈥檚 challenging racial climate during the Jim Crow era.
鈥淲e are honored to have Professor Freedman at the Manship School,鈥� said Reilly Center Director Jen茅e Slocum. 鈥淲e look forward to learning about the impact 海角社区 had on Hubert Humphrey鈥檚 legacy.鈥�
Mann and Freedman will examine the parallels between their research, drawing connections between Freedman鈥檚 book 鈥淚nto the Bright Sunshine鈥� and Mann鈥檚 鈥淲hen Freedom Would Triumph,鈥� where Humphrey is a pivotal figure.
鈥淣o year in Hubert Humphrey's life was more important than the one he spent in graduate school at 海角社区, and I'm both thrilled and honored to tell that story in the very place where it occurred,鈥� said Freedman.
"Not everyone knows that Humphrey attended 海角社区, and this event is a great opportunity to talk about it and the impact the South had on him," said Mann.
The event is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. in the Holliday Forum of the Manship School鈥檚 Journalism Building at 144 Field House Drive on the campus of 海角社区. Admission is free and open to the public, but you must reserve your seat via . The event will also be livestreamed on the .
Parking meters are located in the West Stadium lot and the Union Square Garage, which can be accessed from East Campus Drive. Visitor parking is available on the second, third and fourth floors of the garage for $1.50 per hour.
For more information, contact acharbonnet1@lsu.edu.
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is an award-winning author, columnist and professor. A former columnist for The New York Times and a professor at Columbia University, he is the author of the 10 acclaimed books, including the newly-released 鈥淚nto the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights.鈥� Jon Meacham hailed the book as 鈥渁 compelling and important account of Humphrey鈥檚 critical role in the freedom struggles of the mid-20th century.鈥�
Robert Mann, who holds the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School, is a prolific author and journalist with a long career in political communication. Prior to joining the Manship School in 2006, he served as communications director to the late former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco. He joined the governor鈥檚 staff in 2004 after serving 17 years as state director and press secretary to former Louisiana Sen. John Breaux. Mann was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame in 2015.
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