[shouting] mr. Chairman, my fellow americans my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [applause] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. One cannot help but reflect the sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. That is Hubert Humphrey accepting the 1968 democratic nomination for president. The democrats had gathered for the convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey is the focus of this weeks program. We are live from Minnesota History center. Mick caouette is the documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life. We are standing in the middle of an exhibit about the tumultuous year of 1968. I want you to set the stage for people. This country was in an uproar about the vietnam war. Set the stage. The vietnam war had been going on for 15 years. It was obvious
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The bible is primarily the revelation of gods plan and principles for humanity. And the best way to know is the keys to living a godly life with intimacy and if you believe in the new testament the son jesus christ. Its one of the most important history books youll ever read. If you want to understand the ancient world there is no better Single Source than the bible. With the babylon to the neo persians to the greeks and their roman empire. Finally even if you dont share my faith for the jewish for Christian Faith and even if you only have a monotheistic view of the world some scripture is timeless and eternal and most important never written. Host how did you come to your Christian Faith . I was raised in the church. My parents grew up in the methodist church. My best friend was the son of my a pastor and then chairman of the board of deacons and elders and my mother was the head of the methodist youth fellowship i grew up going to methodist youth camp and going on going to sunday sch
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Life. There is a component of this that a lot of people do not understand. Not only is there a relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Kennedy, but a relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and john f. Kennedy. We will start with the beginning, which is the relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and joe kennedy. Joe kennedy made most of his money in the 1920s in the stock markets. Kennedy asppointed the head of the Security Exchange commission. Some said that was putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. This created a relationship in which joe kennedy really became a very close confidant of fdr. He became ambassador to the court of st. James. You want to talk about how he managed that posting in london right before the war . It is an interesting time. I almost want to go back a tiny bit before that. As you could imagine, when young people are in the age where they are graduating from high school, whoever is the president in that moment has a profound impact on them. Shapes