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Minnesota is the only state in the Union in which the national Democratic Party actually is represented by the state-level [[Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]] (DFL). All Democratic politicians in and from Minnesota work under the DFL header, though since the loss of manufacturing jobs to [[China]] and growth of [[agribusiness]] this now is more an issue of tradition than actual meaning.

Minnesota is the only state in the Union in which the national Democratic Party actually is represented by the state-level [[Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]] (DFL). All Democratic politicians in and from Minnesota work under the DFL header, though since the loss of manufacturing jobs to [[China]] and growth of [[agribusiness]] this now is more an issue of tradition than actual meaning.

In the 1960s and 1970s, at the height of the [[Civil Rights movement]], Minnesota produced two [[Vice President]]s of the United States who also became [[Democratic party]] presidential nominees, [[Hubert Humphrey]] and [[Walter Mondale]].  Both Humphrey and Mondale denied Blacks [[equal protection]] and made a mockery of the [[civil rights  movement]].<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2011/05/sad-story-humphreys-role-1964-democratic-convention/</ref> [[President Lyndon Johnson]] held a private meeting with Humphrey, Mondale, Roy Wilkins, [[Andrew Young]], [[United Auto Workers]] President [[Walter Reuther]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]

In the 1960s and 1970s, at the height of the [[Civil Rights movement]], Minnesota produced two [[Vice President]]s of the United States who also became [[Democratic party]] presidential nominees, [[Hubert Humphrey]] and [[Walter Mondale]].  Both Humphrey and Mondale denied Blacks [[equal protection]] and made a mockery of the [[civil rights  movement]].<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2011/05/sad-story-humphreys-role-1964-democratic-convention/</ref>  

A plan was hatched at the 1964 Democratic Convention to offer the Mississippi Freedom Democrats two non-voting ''At-Large'' seats with observer status, rather than replace the all-white delegation which had been undemocratically and illegally elected.<ref>Mills, Kay, ''This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer,'' (New York: Plume, 1994), p. 5.</ref>  President Johnson arrogated to himself the right to pick which two, and Johnson chose one white and one black. Johnson dispatched Humphrey and Mondale and ordered them to make sure that “that illiterate woman," Fannie Lou Hamer, a black civil rights activist, would never be a delegate. Dr. King protested, and was told by Reuther to shut up.  The offer was rejected, but Humphrey and Mondale remained powerhouse liberals in the Democratic party for another 20 years.

[[President Lyndon Johnson]] held a private meeting at the 1964 Democratic Convention with Humphrey, Mondale, Roy Wilkins, [[Andrew Young]], [[United Auto Workers]] President [[Walter Reuther]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]  A plan was hatched to offer the Mississippi Freedom Democrats two non-voting ''At-Large'' seats with observer status, rather than replace the all-white delegation which had been undemocratically and illegally elected.<ref>Mills, Kay, ''This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer,'' (New York: Plume, 1994), p. 5.</ref>  President Johnson arrogated to himself the right to pick which two, and Johnson chose one white and one black. Johnson dispatched Humphrey and Mondale and ordered them to make sure that “that illiterate woman," Fannie Lou Hamer, a black civil rights activist, would never be a delegate. Dr. King protested, and was told by Reuther to shut up.  The offer was rejected, but Humphrey and Mondale remained powerhouse liberals in the Democratic party for another 20 years.

   

   

Hubert Humphrey, the 1968 Democratic challenger to Richard Nixon for the presidency said of the [[Rev. Jim Jones]], a community [[activist]] and [[community organizer|organizer]],

Hubert Humphrey, the 1968 Democratic challenger to Richard Nixon for the presidency said of the [[Rev. Jim Jones]], a community [[activist]] and [[community organizer|organizer]],