Documents
April
B.W. Davenport to Harry Vaughan, With Attachments, April 23, 1945
May
Telegram, Paul Burney to Harry S. Truman, May 9, 1945
Resolution by the United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW-CIO), May 15, 1945
August
Memorandum, Charles G. Ross to Matthew J. Connelly, With Attached Letter From Walter White, August 25, 1945
October
Correspondence Between Harry S. Truman and Walter White, October 6, 1945
Harry S. Truman to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., With Attached Telegrams and Press Releases, October 12, 1945
November
Correspondence Between Mary McLeod Bethune, Harry S. Truman and William D. Hassett, November 21, 1945
Statement by Attorney General Tom Clark, ca. 1946
“Memoranda of Law – Columbia Case”, ca. 1946
Press Release, Department of Justice, ca. 1946
“An Appeal to the Governor and People of Tennessee,” by Clark Foreman, ca. 1946
January
Telegram, William Allyn Hill to Harry S. Truman, January 23, 1946
March
Memorandum, Malcolm Ross to Harry S. Truman, March 1, 1946
Memorandum for Files, With Attached Telegram to Harry S. Truman, March 14, 1946
Albert E. Barnett to Tom Clark, March 15, 1946
David K. Niles to Clark H. Forman, With Attached Telegram from Clark H. Forman to Harry S. Truman, March 28, 1946
April
Press Release, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, April 4, 1946
Memorandum, David K. Niles to Harry S. Truman, April 11, 1946
Eleanor Bontecou to A. B. Caldwell, With Attachments, April 15, 1946
June
Address by Tom C. Clark, June 21, 1946
Telegrams to the White House Urging Protection for African-American Voters, June 24, 1946
August
Kathleen Potts to Mary-Jane Grunsfeld, With Attached Telegram from Mary–Jane Grunsfeld to Philleo Nash, August 2, 1946
Flyer Regarding a Funeral March in Washington, D. C., August 3, 1946
Telegram, John H. Sengstacke to Harry S. Truman, August 13, 1946
September
Edward J. Jeffries to Harry S. Truman, with Reply from Matthew Connelly, September 9, 1946
Telegram, Paul Robeson to David K. Niles, With Attachments, September 19, 1946
Letter, Harry S. Truman to Attorney General Tom Clark, with attached memo to David Niles, September 20, 1946
Press Release, Department of Justice, September 26, 1946
Walter White to David K. Niles, September 26, 1946
October
Attorney General Tom Clark to Harry S. Truman, with Attached Proposed Executive Order, October 11, 1946
Memorandum, G.T. Washington to Tom C. Clark, With Attached List of Names Submitted for a President’s Committee on Civil Liberties, October 11, 1946
Memorandum, Philleo Nash to Ed Brown, October 28, 1946
November
Memorandum, David K. Niles to Matthew J. Connelly, November 12, 1946
December
Correspondence Between Thelma Pallette and Harry S. Truman, December 12, 1946
Memo, Recommendations of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights, ca. 1947
January
Memorandum from David Niles, January 7, 1947
Report to President’s Committee on Civil Rights, "Federal Criminal Jurisdiction Over Violations of Civil Rights", January 15, 1947
Minutes of Meeting, President's Committee on Civil Rights, January 15, 1947
February
Draft Press Release, President’s Committee on Civil Rights, February 7, 1947
David K. Niles to Matthew J. Connelly, February 19, 1947
Form Letter from Robert K. Carr, President's Committee on Civil Rights, February 20, 1947
Memorandum, Robert K. Carr to the President’s Committee on Civil Rights, February 21, 1947
Memorandum, Robert K. Carr to Subcommittee No. 2, February 28, 1947
April
Correspondence Between Oscar Chapman and Joseph D. Lohman, With Attachments, April 1, 1947
Memorandum, Robert K. Carr to the President’s Committee on Civil Rights, April 3, 1947
Robert K. Carr to Victor C. Gasper, April 4, 1947
Memorandum, James B. Carey to David K. Niles, April 9, 1947
Memorandum, Robert K. Carr to David K. Niles, April 30, 1947
May
Memorandum, Robert K. Carr to David K. Niles, With Attached Copy of Resolutions to the President’s Committee on Civil Rights, ca. May 1947
Clarence Mitchell to John R. Steelman, May 9, 1947
Helen Gahagan Douglas to David Niles, May 14, 1947
Memorandum, Philleo Nash to David K. Niles, May 19, 1947
Memorandum, Robert K. Carr to the President’s Committee on Civil Rights, May 29, 1947
June
Memorandum, John L. Thurston to John R. Steelman, June 23, 1947
Address Given by Walter White at the Lincoln Memorial, June 29, 1947
July
Correspondence Between Rabbi Isaac E. Marcuson and Matthew J. Connelly, With Attached Resolution, July 11, 1947
Robert K. Carr to Charles G. Ross, July 16, 1947
Memorandum, Matthew J. Connelly to David K. Niles, with Attached Letter from Raymond Pace Alexander, July 17, 1947
August
Douglas W. McGregor to Alexander Wiley, August 6, 1947
September
Memorandum, Robert K. Carr to David K, Niles, September 19, 1947
November
Walter White to David K. Niles, November 5, 1947
Correspondence Between Charles J. Durham and Jack B. Brooks, November 10, 1947
Mike M. Masaoka to Robert K. Carr, November 13, 1947
Address by C. Girard Davidson, November 15, 1947
Memorandum, Frank S. Horne to Philleo Nash, With Attached Statement to the President's Committee on Civil Rights, November 24, 1947
December
Correspondence Between Lottie Anderson and Matthew J. Connelly, With Attachment, December 2, 1947
C. Girard Davidson to J. Howard McGrath, with Attachments, December 6, 1947
Correspondence Between Walter White, Harry S. Truman and Jesse Donaldson, December 9, 1947
Memorandum, Summary of Letter Protesting Committee on Civil Rights and the Committee on Higher Education, December 29, 1947
January
First Draft of Civil Rights Speech, ca. January 1948
Oscar R. Ewing to Charles Murphy, With Attached "Charter of Negro Rights", January 2, 1948
Press Release, “Will Henry Wallace Get the Negro Vote,” by Walter White, January 8, 1948
Philleo Nash to Florence M. Dixon, With Attachments, January 19, 1948
Memorandum from Elmer B. Staats and C. B. Stauffacher, January 29, 1948
Comments on Draft of President’s Message on Civil Rights, January 30, 1948
February
Correspondence Between Matthew J. Connelly and Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr. With Attached Letters from White House Staff, ca. February 1948
Revised Draft of Omnibus Civil Rights Bill, February 3, 1948
May
Correspondence Between David K. Niles, Samuel Unger, and Harry S. Truman, With Attached Note, May 16, 1948
September
Correspondence Between Harry S. Truman and Ernie Roberts, September 2, 1948
October
Telegram, J. Strom Thurmond to Harry S. Truman, October 11, 1948
