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Harry Truman and Civil Rights : moral courage and political Risks
by Gardner, Michael R
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Carbondale [Illinois]: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002. xx, [2], 276, [2] p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Forewords by George M. Elsey and Kweisi Mfume. Truman's background notwithstanding, the author 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. Fine condition in like dustjacket. Green Cloth.
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- Title
- Harry Truman and Civil Rights : moral courage and political Risks
- Author
- Gardner, Michael R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- ISBN 10
- 0809324253
- ISBN 13
- 9780809324255
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Place of Publication
- Carbondale [Illinois]
- Date Published
- 2002
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