Harry Truman and civil rights : moral courage and political risks /

Main Author: Gardner, Michael R., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2002.
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245 1 |a Harry Truman and civil rights :  |b moral courage and political risks /  |c Michael R. Gardner ; with forewords by George M. Elsey and Kweisi Mfume. 
260 1 |a Carbondale :  |b Southern Illinois University Press,  |c c2002. 
300 1 |a xx, 276 p., [20] p. of plates :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-268) and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE -- The Historical Background for Truman's -- Civil Rights Crusade 4 CHAPTER TWO -- Truman's Committee on Civil Rights: December 5, 1946 I4 CHAPTER THREE -- Truman's Speech to the NAACP at the Lincoln Memorial: -- June 29, I947 28 CHAPTER FOUR -- The Report of Truman's Committee on Civil Rights: -- October 29, 1947 43 CHAPTER FIVE -- Truman's State of the Union Address: January 7, 948 65 CHAPTER SIX -- Truman's Special Message to Congress on Civil Rights: -- February 2, 1948 71 CHAPTER SEVEN -- The 1948 Democratic Party Convention and the Civil Rights Plank: -- July I4-I5, 1948 87 CHAPTER EIGHT -- The Turnip Day Congressional Session and Executive -- Orders 9980 and 9981: July 26, 1948 105 CHAPTER NINE -- The Great "Comeback" Campaign and Truman's Harlem Speech: -- October 29, 1948 22 CHAPTER TEN -- Civil Rights Progress Despite a Recalcitrant Congress: -- 1949-1952 147 CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Truman and the Vinson Court 163 CHAPTER TWELVE -- Truman's Howard University Commencement Address: -- June 13, 1952 198 CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- Truman's Final Civil Rights Address in Harlem: -- October ii, 1952 2o --CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- The Truman Civil Rights Legacy 216 Epilogue 225 -- NOTES 231 BIBLIOGRAPHY 249 INDEX 269. 
600 1 |a Truman, Harry S.,  |d 1884-1972 
650 1 |a African Americans  |x Civil rights  |y 20th century  |x History 
651 1 |a United States  |x Politics and government  |y 1945-1953 
651 1 |a United States  |x Race relations 
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