Humphrey School Community

Our faculty, staff, students, and alumni share a special commitment to social justice and the celebration of diversity that are the legacy of our namesake, Hubert H. Humphrey. Mayor Humphrey burst on the national political scene in 1948 with an impassioned speech at the Democratic National Convention in which he called for inclusion of civil rights in the party platform.

In 1961, Humphrey said: It is one thing to enact legislation that outlaws flagrant examples of racial discrimination—segregated hotels, buses, and parks. It is another thing to eliminate the more subtle and sophisticated techniques that effectively limit true freedom of choice in jobs, education, and housing.

True to his vision, the Humphrey School is committed to diversifying our community using the very broadest definition of the term and to eliminating the "subtle and sophisticated" systems that limit true freedom.