Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: transmittal of memorandum asking whether proposed letters were ever mailed to the governors of Connecticut and Minnesota confirming segregation policy as to state National Guard units; answers to several similar inquiries are now required, 1948
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Document 118 April 18, 1949 Letter with enclosure To: Charles Fahy Fr: Louis Johnson
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: concerning the Interpretation of the President’s Order establishing the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services commentary interpreting the policy established by Executive Order 9981 as a policy of desegregation and not merely separate but equal treatment of African Americans in light of the ideals of democracy; the president’s concern for civil rights; and official U.S. public policy as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, statutes, treaties, Supreme Court decisions, and executive pronouncements, 1949
Document 96 January 11, 1949 Memorandum with attachments To: President Truman Fr: [Donald S. Dawson]
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: transmittal of list of names and capsule histories of regular army African American officers, 1949
Document 169 November 18, 1949 Memorandum To: President’s Committee Fr: Edwin W. Kenworthy
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: suggested changes in the language of the president’s message on civil rights, 1949
Document 59 ca. February 1949 Statement Fr: Attorney General [Tom C. Clark]
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: President Truman’s attempts to put the principles of racial justice into law: statement and Analysis by the Attorney General concerning the Proposed Civil Rights Act of 1949 -HR 4682, S. 1725: includes background discussion of Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, parts of Title 18 U.S. C, and detailed analysis of bill by title and section, 1949
Document 98 January 17, 1949 Memorandum with attachments To: Donald S. Dawson Fr: Charles G. Ross
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: transmittal of two March 16 letters from Royall to the governors of Connecticut and Minnesota, 1949
Document 123 January 2, 1948 Memorandum with attachment To: Charles [S.] Murphy Fr: O[scar] R. E[wing]
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: The Report of the Committee on Civil Rights and President Truman’s Message to Congress of February 2, 1948: request to review the “Charter of Negro Rights” outlining ten-point program for safeguarding civil rights for all Americans, 1948
Racial Affairs [1955-1956].
Presidential Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower: Eisenhower confidential subject file, Racial Affairs, 1955-1956
President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces–Proposals. June 24-October 9, 1963. 137pp.
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Statistics, Summary of the Problems and Recommendations, Policy on Participation of Personnel in Demonstrations, Congressional Relations, Reactions to Initial Report, Results, Cooperation between Civil Rights Groups and Military Base Commanders, The White House Staff Files, June 24-October 9, 1963, 1963
Document 54 July 17, 1948 Memorandum with attachments To: Clark [M.] Clifford Fr: James [B.] Forrestal
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
Document 24 May 15, 1947 Memorandum with attachments To: President’s Committee on Civil Rights Fr: Robert P. Patterson
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: war Department Policies and Practices Related to Civil Rights: responses to inquiries of President’s Committee on Civil Rights on War Department policies and practices regarding minorities, 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
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
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
To Secure These Rights, Committee report on constitutional civil rights, segregation, discrimination, and remedies.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee report on constitutional civil rights, segregation, discrimination, and remedies, 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
To Secure These Rights summary pamphlet of Committee’s final report, including dissemination and reaction from civil rights organizations and mass media.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Summary pamphlet of Committee’s final report, including dissemination and reaction from civil rights organizations and mass media., 1948
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