1911 - 1978
(1911–78) (D-Minn.), Minneapolis mayor (1945–48); U.S. senator (1949–65); vice president of the United States (1965–69); Democratic Party presidential nominee (1968). He was a longtime collaborator with the NAACP on civil rights and social legislation. As mayor of Minneapolis, he presided over the enactment of the first fair employment practices city ordinance in the country. He also supported the NAACP’s struggle for Senate rules changes, enforcement provisions in fair employment bills, anti-lynching legislation, nonsegregation amendments to the Taft-Hartley Act, and the desegregation of schools on military posts.