HARRY TRUMAN
AND
CIVIL RIGHTS
MORAL COURAGE AND POLITICAL RISKS
AND
CIVIL RIGHTS
MORAL COURAGE AND POLITICAL RISKS
Michael R. Gardner
With Forewords by
George M. Elsey and Kweisi Mfume
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
CARBONDALE AND EDWARDSVILLE
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Book title: Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks.
Contributors: Michael R. Gardner - Author.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press.
Place of publication: Carbondale, IL.
Publication year: 2002.
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- 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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