The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1968

Course | Registration opens 8/12/2024 8:00 AM EDT

Penn State York, 1031 Edgecomb Avenue York, PA 17403-3398 United States

Main Classroom Bldg, Conference Center, 31 B and C

Members and nonmembers

10/23/2024 (one day)

11:00 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Wed

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$20.00

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On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson stunned the nation when he announced he would not run for re-election. The 1968 presidential campaign and election were watershed moments in U.S. history. Learn more about the candidates and how Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey gained their party's nomination. Find out the answers to these questions: How did Nixon come back from the political graveyard? Why did LBJ undermine his fellow Democrat Hubert Humphrey? Did Nixon commit treason during the campaign? What impact did George Wallace have on the election? Could Humphrey have won the presidency?

 

Barry Sparks has been a baseball fan for more than sixty years. He is a long-time member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). His articles have appeared in more than seventy-five national and regional publications, including The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Baseball Digest, Baseball Research Journal, Phillies Report, Orioles Gazette, Sports Collectors Digest and many others. He is the author of four books, including The Search for the Next Mickey Mantle: From Tom Tresh to Bryce Harper (Sunbury Press, 2022).