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Contents Illustrations vii Preface xi Introduction The Unfolding Civil Rights Legacy of Harry S. Truman xiii Raymond H. Geselbracht Viewpoint From the Descendants of Slaves A Legacy Beyond Books, A Legacy That Gets Into You 3 Carrie Meek A President in Trouble, Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble 7 John Lewis Assessing Truman's Civil Rights Legacy A President Who Regarded Civil Rights as a Moral Imperative 15 Michael Gardner Clutching at Civil Rights Straws A Reappraisal of the Truman Years and the Struggle for African American Citizenship 29 Carol Anderson Truman Laid the Foundation for Civil Rights 47 Ken Hechler Illustrations of Truman's Civil Rights Legacy 63 Considering Truman's Civil Rights Achievements Truman's Speech to the NAACP, 29 June 1947 85 Raymond Frey Political Pragmatism and Civil Rights Policy Truman and Integration of the Military 95 Richard M. Yon and Tom Lansford Truman, Desegregation of the Armed Forces, and a Kid from the South Bronx 109 Colin Powell Truman's Conception of Economic Rights as Civil Rights The Case of Health Care 117 Michael Dukakis Honoring Truman's Civil Rights Legacy The Truman Presidential Library and Truman's Civil Rights Legacy 131 Raymond H. Geselbracht Appendixes A. President Truman's Major Speeches Relating to Civil Rights 143 B. Executive Orders Relating to Civil Rights 169 C. Truman and Civil Rights-A Chronology 181 Bibliography 199 Contributors 205 Index 207
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Political and social views.
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.