Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks

Table of contents

• Moral Courage and Political Risks *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Plates xiii
• Acknowledgments xv
• Harry Truman and Civil Rights *
• Introduction 1
• Chapter One - The Historical Background for Truman's Civil Rights Crusade 4
• Chapter Two - Truman's Committee on Civil Rights: December 5, 1946 14
• Chapter Three 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 1948 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 14–15, 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 122
• 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 11, 1952 210
• Chapter Fourteen - The Truman Civil Rights Legacy 216
• Epilogue 225
• Notes Bibliography Index 229
• Notes 231
• Bibliography 249
• Index 269

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