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1968
“Humphrey Girls”
1968 was a significant year in U.S. history. The war in Vietnam raged, sparking the largest war protests in the nation’s history.
Assassins gunned down civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. Bob Dylan, The
Beatles and the Rolling Stones revolutionized music. Hippies. Black Power. 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Mexico City Olympics.
In the fall of 1968, Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey brought his presidential campaign to Youngstown, and there to greet him
on the steps of Stambaugh Auditorium were a group of enthusiastic Youngstown State University students known as “Humphrey
Girls.” Humphrey was accompanied at the rally by Chubby Checker, who performed his hit song, “The Twist.” Humphrey lost
the election to Richard M. Nixon.
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