Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: transmittal of letter to the secretary of defense in which Beauharnais expresses his disgust over the policy of nonsegregation in the armed forces and his opinion that it goes against natural law? to force whites to associate so closely with African Americans against their wills, 1948
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Document 26 July 16, 1947 Letter with attachment To: E. H. Foley Jr. Fr: Robert K. Carr
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: acknowledgment of August 25 letter in which Edmonds seeks further information on the status of the army’s desegregation plan, 1947
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
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
Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: April 17, 1947. 146pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of April 17, 1947, including testimony of NAACP and others., 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
Box 5–Equal Rights Conference, 1965
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library folder on Equal Rights Conference, Commission on Civil Rights, Selected Office Files Related to Civil Rights–Lee C. White, 1965, 1965
Recommendations of Council Members and Others, A-G. 143pp.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library folder on White House Conference on Civil Rights recommended participants, 1966