NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS CONVENES IN NEW YORK
New York City (JFK+50) On October 11, 1960, the National Conference on Constitutional Rights and American Freedom met here in New York. It was the first in a two-day event which had been "organized at the suggestion of Senator John F. Kennedy."
400 people from 42 states attended the conference. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, they came "to discuss and recommend to a possible future President what action should be taken on human rights."
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey* (D-Minnesota) served as chairman of the conference. Attendees heard from panels who "told their stories of conditions as they actually are in their states on fundamental human rights as the right to register and vote."
*Hubert Horatio Humphrey (1911-1978) was born in Wallace, SD & attended the University of Minnesota & LSU. HHH served in the U.S. Senate 1949-1964 & 1971-1978. He was Vice-President of the United States 1965-1969.
SOURCE
"Excerpt, My Day, October 19, 1960," by Eleanor Roosevelt, The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, www2.gwu.edu/
