Harry Truman and civil rights
Subtitle: moral courage and political risks
By: Michael R. Gardner ; with forewords by George M. Elsey and Kweisi Mfume.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Truman, Harry S., -- 1884-1972; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953; United States -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-268) and index.

1820  Lexile.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE; title: The Historical Background for Truman's; title: Civil Rights Crusade 4 CHAPTER TWO; title: Truman's Committee on Civil Rights: December 5, 1946 I4 CHAPTER THREE; title: Truman's Speech to the NAACP at the Lincoln Memorial:; title: June 29, I947 28 CHAPTER FOUR; title: The Report of Truman's Committee on Civil Rights:; title: October 29, 1947 43 CHAPTER FIVE; title: Truman's State of the Union Address: January 7, 948 65 CHAPTER SIX; title: Truman's Special Message to Congress on Civil Rights:; title: February 2, 1948 71 CHAPTER SEVEN; title: The 1948 Democratic Party Convention and the Civil Rights Plank:; title: July I4-I5, 1948 87 CHAPTER EIGHT; title: The Turnip Day Congressional Session and Executive; title: Orders 9980 and 9981: July 26, 1948 105 CHAPTER NINE; title: The Great "Comeback" Campaign and Truman's Harlem Speech:; title: October 29, 1948 22 CHAPTER TEN; title: Civil Rights Progress Despite a Recalcitrant Congress:; title: 1949-1952 147 CHAPTER ELEVEN; title: Truman and the Vinson Court 163 CHAPTER TWELVE; title: Truman's Howard University Commencement Address:; title: June 13, 1952 198 CHAPTER THIRTEEN; title: Truman's Final Civil Rights Address in Harlem:; title: October ii, 1952 2o; title: CHAPTER FOURTEEN; title: The Truman Civil Rights Legacy 216 Epilogue 225; title: NOTES 231 BIBLIOGRAPHY 249 INDEX 269.