Author: William C. Berman
Publisher:
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Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: William C. Berman
Publisher: [Columbus] : Ohio State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Author: William C. Berman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780608044453
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Author: Michael R. Gardner
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809388967
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Given his background, President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Where he grew up--the border state of Missouri--segregation was accepted and largely unquestioned. Both his maternal and paternal grandparents had owned slaves, and his beloved mother, victimized by Yankee forces, railed against Abraham Lincoln for the remainder of her ninety-four years. When Truman assumed the presidency on April 12, 1945, Michael R. Gardner points out, Washington, DC, in many ways resembled Cape Town, South Africa, under apartheid rule circa 1985. Truman's background notwithstanding, Gardner shows that it was Harry Truman--not Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, or John F. Kennedy--who energized the modern civil rights movement, a movement that basically had stalled since Abraham Lincoln had freed the slaves. Gardner recounts Truman's public and private actions regarding black Americans. He analyzes speeches, private conversations with colleagues, the executive orders that shattered federal segregation policies, and the appointments of like-minded civil rights activists to important positions. Among those appointments was the first black federal judge in the continental United States. Gardner characterizes Truman's evolution from a man who grew up in a racist household into a president willing to put his political career at mortal risk by actively supporting the interests of black Americans.

Author: Donald R. McCoy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Author: Mary L. Dudziak
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691152438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Argues that the Cold War helped speed and facilitate such key reforms as desegregation due to international pressure and the obstacle American racism created in attaining Cold War goals.

Author: Michael James Lacey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521407731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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The essays in this volume provide a wide-ranging overview of the intentions, achievements, and failures of the Truman administration.

Author: Raymond H. Geselbracht
Publisher: Truman State Univ Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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"Based in part on the Second Truman Legacy Symposium, Harry Truman and civil rights, 14-15 May 2004, Key West, Florida."--P. [ii].

Author: Jon E. Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136174249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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On the eve of America’s entry into World War II, African American leaders pushed for inclusion in the war effort and, after the war, they mounted a concerted effort to integrate the armed services. Harry S. Truman’s decision to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, which resulted in the integration of the armed forces, was an important event in twentieth century American history. In Freedom to Serve, Jon E. Taylor gives an account of the presidential order as an event which forever changed the U.S. armed forces, and set a political precedent for the burgeoning civil rights movement. Including press releases, newspaper articles, presidential speeches, and biographical sidebars, Freedom to Serve introduces students to an under-examined event while illuminating the period in a new way. For additional documents, images, and resources please visit the Freedom to Serve companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/criticalmoments

Author: Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299154547
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Demonstrates how proverbs and to a lesser extent proverbial expressions, have played a significant role in political life during the 20th century. Takes as major examples the speeches and writings of Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman to show how proverbs can be brought into the service of most any ideology. Also traces the use of proverbs and their cartoon analogues during the five decades of Cold War propaganda, and proverbial slurs against Native Americans and Asian Americans. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR