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Document 23 April 21, 1947 Memorandum To: President’s Committee on Civil Rights Fr: [Navy Department]

Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: proposal to establish an experimental, voluntary, nonsegregated army post, provided that the navy and air force do the same, of approximately five thousand men, selected in an impartial and representative manner, 1947

Document 25 June 10, 1947 Memorandum with attachments To: Members of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights Fr: Robert K. Carr

Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: Negroes in the Armed Forces Prepared by Milton D. Stewart and Joseph Murtha: memorandum describing various policy statements on the recruitment, utilization, and treatment of African American troops issued by each military branch and the administrative actions taken to implement those policies, 1947

Document 20 April 1, 1947 Memorandum To: Robert K. Carr Fr: Milton [D.] Stewart

Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: transmittal of statement made by Royall before the Fahy Committee discussing his views on army policy with respect to African Americans, 1947

Document 22 April 14, 1947 Letter with attachment To: James Forrestal Fr: Robert K. Carr

Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: request for a timetable projecting the speed at which recommendations of the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services will be put into effect, 1947

Document 181 January 12, 1950 Press release Fr: Jacob K. Javits

Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: appeal from Americans for Democratic Action urging the president to issue an executive order abolishing segregation and discrimination in the armed forces and to create an advisory commission to facilitate the process, 1950

Document 21 April 7, 1947 Memorandum To: Robert K. Carr Fr: Milton [D.] Stewart

Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: conference with Mr. Fahy and Mr. Kenworthy: comments on Fahy Committee’s future agenda, including investigation of the feasibility of the air force’s integration proposal, reason behind the low number of African American marine corps officers, whether the committee should regard segregation in itself as discriminatory, the matter of discrimination in the National Guard, and whether the intent of the Gillem Board was to eliminate segregation in the entire army, 1947

Earle, (Willie) Case. 98pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Federal anti-lynching legislation letters of support referencing case of Willie Earle in South Carolina, including correspondence with NAACP., 1947

Working Papers–Civil Rights Message February 2, 1948. 104pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: President Truman’s civil rights message to Congress, February 2, 1948, consisting of drafts with outline of actions for Executive branch, Congress, states, and for public education., 1948

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 62pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: NAACP civil rights correspondence with Committee, including issues of employment, lynching, voting rights, violence, and conditions in Southern states., 1946-1947

Executive Order and President’s Statement Creating the PCCR (Press Release of December 5, 1946). 6pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee establishment by Executive Order 9808, and advance press release of Committee report., 1946-1947

Miscellaneous Papers–PCCR–Statements by Consultants, Memoranda to Subcommittees, Interim Reports of Subcommittees, Executive Order Creating Committee, Press Releases. 58pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee papers, including statements by consultants, subcommittee memoranda and interim reports, executive order creating committee, and early press releases., 1946-1947

Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: September 12-13, 1947. (Washington Meetings.) 356pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of September 12-13, 1947, with Committee members’ discussion of content and emphasis of report, including segregation, discrimination, legislation, and role of federal government., 1947

80 H.J. Res. 326 (Introduced in House)

Bill Text: Joint Resolution creating a Joint Committee on Civil Rights, 1948

Minutes of Meetings of President’s Committee on Civil Rights–May 1,1947 through May 15, 1947. 255pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee meeting minutes, including testimony on behalf of civil rights organizations and researchers., 1947

Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: June 30, 1947. (Hanover Meeting). 281pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of June 30, 1947, with Committee members’ discussion of content and emphasis of report, and its use as a tool of mass education., 1947

President’s Committee on Civil Rights. April, July 1947. 314pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee meeting minutes, including transcripts of testimony on behalf of civil rights organizations and researchers., 1947

Staff Memoranda: Volume I–President’s Committee on Civil Rights. 193pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee memoranda, including digests of news reports and organizations’ comments; discrimination faced by Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, and Indians; and group defamation and libel., 1947

Correspondence–1947.154pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee correspondence, including comments and inquiries from organizations and individuals, and White House staff on establishment and disbanding of Committee., 1946-1947

Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: March 6, 20; April 2, 1947. 335pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcripts of Committee proceedings of March 6, 20, and April 2, 1947., 1947

Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: April 3 and 15, 1947. 165pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcripts of Committee proceedings of April 3 and 15, 1947, including testimony on Justice Department, legislation and legal issues, radio and hate speech, antisemitism, and hate groups., 1947

Staff Memoranda: Volume II–President’s Committee on Civil Rights. 153pp.

Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee memoranda, including lynching, armed forces, Hispanic Americans, history of civil rights legislation and case law, U.S. possessions, federal employment, black Americans, disclosure requirements, and housing., 1947

Lynching–Hearings, 1918-1950.

National Archive Records: Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on lynching in 1948 and 1918, proposed antilynching legislation, statistical data on lynching, and antilynching legislation and black troops, from files of assistant attorney general W. Wilson White, 1918-1950, 1918-1950

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