This collection focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decisions on civil rights. The collection includes 72 documents totaling 342 pages covering the years 1948 through 1953. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, a subject guide to archival materials and other links.
Harry S. Truman and Civil Rights
Documents
Displaying 1 - 67 of 67 documents
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
Background
Reports
To Secure These Rights, the Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights
Subject Guides
Civil Rights, Archival Materials at the Harry S. Truman Library
Official Documents
Teacher Lesson Plans
Photographs
Displaying 1 - 22 of 22 images
Truman speaking at conference of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
73-2561
Truman addresses closing session of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People conference
73-2563
President Harry S. Truman Speaks to the Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
59-1386-2
Truman presents Blinded Veterans Association, Inc., with official insignia
59-1486
President Truman addresses the crowd upon receiving the Franklin Roosevelt Award in Harlem, New York
98-7
President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services
66-1673