Harry Truman and civil rights : moral courage and political risks / Michael R. Gardner ; with forewords by George M. Elsey and Kweisi Mfume.
2002
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Title
Harry Truman and civil rights : moral courage and political risks / Michael R. Gardner ; with forewords by George M. Elsey and Kweisi Mfume.
Published
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
E814 .G37 2002
ISBN
0809324253 (alk. paper)
Description
xx, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)47182140
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / George M. Elsey
Foreword / Kweisi Mfume
List of Plates
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1
Ch. 1
The Historical Background for Truman's Civil Rights Crusade
4
Ch. 2
Truman's Committee on Civil Rights: December 5, 1946
14
Ch. 3
Truman's Speech to the NAACP at the Lincoln Memorial: June 29, 1947
28
Ch. 4
The Report of Truman's Committee on Civil Rights: October 29, 1947
43
Ch. 5
Truman's State of the Union Address: January 7, 1948
65
Ch. 6
Truman's Special Message to Congress on Civil Rights: February 2, 1948
71
Ch. 7
The 1948 Democratic Party Convention and the Civil Rights Plank: July 14-15, 1948
87
Ch. 8
The Turnip Day Congressional Session and Executive Orders 9980 and 9981: July 26, 1948
105
Ch. 9
The Great "Comeback" Campaign and Truman's Harlem Speech: October 29, 1948
122
Ch. 10
Civil Rights Progress Despite a Recalcitrant Congress: 1949-1952
147
Ch. 11
Truman and the Vinson Court
163
Ch. 12
Truman's Howard University Commencement Address: June 13, 1952
198
Ch. 13
Truman's Final Civil Rights Address in Harlem: October 11, 1952
210
Ch. 14
The Truman Civil Rights Legacy
216
Epilogue
225
Notes
231
Bibliography
249
Index
269