This collection focuses on President Harry S. Truman's Committee on Civil Rights and the actions of the Truman Administration on civil rights during President Truman's first term. The collection includes documents covering the years 1945 through 1948. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, and other links.
The President’s Committee on Civil Rights
Documents
1945
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Letters from Walter White to Charles Ross, with Memorandum from Charles Ross to Matthew Connelly (NAID: 321496484)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, OF 413 (NAID: 726890)
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Resolution from the United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of American Union, Local 201, May 15, 1945 (NAID: 321496412)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Colored Question, April-August 1945, OF 93 (NAID: 725628)
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Memorandum from Colonel B. W. Davenport to Colonel Harry Vaughan with Related Material, April 23, 1945 (NAID: 321496408)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Colored Question, April-August 1945, OF 93 (NAID: 725628)
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Telegram from Paul Burney to President Harry S. Truman, May 9, 1945 (NAID: 40019950)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Colored Question, April-August 1945, OF 93 (NAID: 725628)
1946
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Letter from Walter White to David Niles, September 26, 1946 (NAID: 333234852)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598728)
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Memorandum from G. T. Washington to Attorney General Tom Clark with Attachment, October 11, 1946 (NAID: 333234837)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [1 of 2] (NAID: 3598727)
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Memorandum from David Niles to Matthew Connelly, November 12, 1946 (NAID: 333234834)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [1 of 2] (NAID: 3598727)
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Memorandum from Philleo Nash to Ed Brown with Attachment, October 28, 1946 (NAID: 333234816)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [1 of 2] (NAID: 3598727)
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Telegram from Clark Foreman to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from David Niles, March 1946 (NAID: 321496476)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Race Riot, Columbia, Tenn. (February 25-26, 1946), OF 93c (NAID: 725633)
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Letter from Mayor Edward Jeffries to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Matthew Connelly with Related Material, September 1946 (NAID: 321496423)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Lynching at Monroe, Georgia (July 25, 1946), Miscellaneous Correspondence Re, OF 93a (NAID: 725631)
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Telegram from Paul Robeson to David Niles with Related Material, September 1946 (NAID: 321496415)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Lynching, OF 93a (NAID: 725630)
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Address by Attorney General Tom Clark Before the Chicago Bar Association, June 21, 1946 (NAID: 301669704)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Speeches on Civil Rights (NAID: 4757603)
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Press Release, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, April 4, 1946 (NAID: 301668985)
Part of:
- Collection: Eleanor Bontecou Papers, 1913 - 1991 (NAID: 594870)
- Series: Civil Rights Files, 1906 - 1968 (NAID: 291080413)
- File Unit: Race Riots (NAID: 295757159)
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Memorandum of Law - Columbia Case (NAID: 301668974)
Part of:
- Collection: Eleanor Bontecou Papers, 1913 - 1991 (NAID: 594870)
- Series: Civil Rights Files, 1906 - 1968 (NAID: 291080413)
- File Unit: Race Riots (NAID: 295757159)
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Letter from Eleanor Bontecou to A. B. Caldwell with Attachments, April 15, 1946 (NAID: 301668970)
Part of:
- Collection: Eleanor Bontecou Papers, 1913 - 1991 (NAID: 594870)
- Series: Civil Rights Files, 1906 - 1968 (NAID: 291080413)
- File Unit: Race Riots (NAID: 295757159)
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Letters from Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights to President Harry S. Truman, Matthew Connelly, and William D. Hassett, December 1946 (NAID: 231706908)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Letter from Matthew Connelly to Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, December 21, 1946 (NAID: 231706814)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Flyer, "An Appeal to the Governor and People of Tennessee," by Clark Foreman (NAID: 40020143)
Part of:
- Collection: Eleanor Bontecou Papers, 1913 - 1991 (NAID: 594870)
- Series: Civil Rights Files, 1906 - 1968 (NAID: 291080413)
- File Unit: Race Riots (NAID: 295757159)
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Letter from Albert E. Barnett to Tom Clark, March 15, 1946 (NAID: 40020140)
Part of:
- Collection: Eleanor Bontecou Papers, 1913 - 1991 (NAID: 594870)
- Series: Civil Rights Files, 1906 - 1968 (NAID: 291080413)
- File Unit: Race Riots (NAID: 295757159)
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Letter from Attorney General Tom Clark to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Proposed Executive Order, October 11, 1946 (NAID: 40020060)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Memorandum from Malcolm Ross to President Harry S. Truman, March 1, 1946 (NAID: 40020029)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Race Riot, Columbia, Tenn. (February 25-26, 1946), OF 93c (NAID: 725633)
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Telegram from John H. Sengstacke to Harry S. Truman, August 13, 1946 (NAID: 40020002)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Lynching at Monroe, Georgia (July 25, 1946), Miscellaneous Correspondence Re, OF 93a (NAID: 725631)
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Flyer Regarding a Funeral March in Washington, D.C., August 3, 1946 (NAID: 40019993)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Lynching, OF 93a (NAID: 725630)
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Letter from Kathleen Potts to Mary-Jane Grunsfeld, with Attached Telegram from Mary–Jane Grunsfeld to Philleo Nash, August 2, 1946 (NAID: 40019989)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Lynching, OF 93a (NAID: 725630)
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Letter from Harry S. Truman to Attorney General Tom Clark with Attached Memorandum to David Niles, September 20, 1946 (NAID: 40019943)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598728)
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Memorandum, David K. Niles to Harry S. Truman, April 11, 1946 (NAID: 40019911)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [1 of 2] (NAID: 3598727)
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Press Release, Department of Justice, September 26, 1946 (NAID: 40019790)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash Papers, 1925 - 1998 (NAID: 623511)
- Series: White House Files, 1936 - 1953 (NAID: 1125612)
- File Unit: Lynching-Woodard [Woodward], Isaac (NAID: 1698841)
1947
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Memorandum from Robert K. Carr to David Niles, September 19, 1947 (NAID: 333234865)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: July, 1947-1948 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598730)
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Memorandum from Matthew Connelly to David Niles with Attachment, July 17, 1947 (NAID: 333234861)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: July, 1947-1948 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598730)
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Memorandum from Robert K. Carr to David Niles, April 30, 1947 (NAID: 333234855)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598728)
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Memorandum from Robert K. Carr to Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, April 3, 1947 (NAID: 333234847)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598728)
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Memorandum from Philleo Nash to David Niles, May 19, 1947 (NAID: 333234844)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598728)
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Memorandum from Robert K. Carr to Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, May 29, 1947 (NAID: 333234842)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598728)
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Memorandum from Robert K. Carr to Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, February 21, 1947 (NAID: 333234840)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598728)
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Memorandum from Robert K. Carr to Members of Subcommittee Number 2, President's Committee on Civil Rights, February 28, 1947 (NAID: 333234820)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [1 of 2] (NAID: 3598727)
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Memorandum from David Niles with Attachments, January 7, 1947 (NAID: 333234811)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [1 of 2] (NAID: 3598727)
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Memorandum from James B. Carey to David Niles, April 9, 1947 (NAID: 333234807)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [1 of 2] (NAID: 3598727)
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Letter from Lottie Anderson to President Harry S. Truman with Attachment and Reply from Matthew Connelly (NAID: 321496647)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Civil Rights Program, OF 596a (NAID: 727307)
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Letter from Rabbi Isaac Marcuson to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from Matthew Connelly, July 1947 (NAID: 321496640)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Civil Rights Program, Miscellaneous Correspondence Re the, OF 596a (NAID: 727305)
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Telegram from William Allyn Hill to President Harry S. Truman, January 23, 1947 (NAID: 321496436)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Segregation, 1945-June 1948, OF 93b (NAID: 725632)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Walter White with Attachments (NAID: 321495794)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Colored Question, 1947, OF 93 (NAID: 313078559)
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Letter from Clarence Mitchell to John R. Steelman, May 9, 1947 (NAID: 321495791)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Colored Question, 1947, OF 93 (NAID: 313078559)
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Note from Frank Horne to Philleo Nash and David Niles with Attached Report to the Operating Staff of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, November 24, 1947 (NAID: 301669730)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Statements Submitted by Agencies to Civil Rights Committee (NAID: 4757606)
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Memorandum from Daniel Goldy to Philleo Nash and Charles Durham with Attached Speech by C. Girard Davidson, November 19, 1947 (NAID: 301669721)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Speeches on Civil Rights (NAID: 4757603)
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Memorandum from Robert K. Carr to Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, April 1947 (NAID: 301669699)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Minutes of CRC Meetings (NAID: 4757585)
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Minutes of the Meeting of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, February 1947 (NAID: 301669694)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Minutes of CRC Meetings (NAID: 4757585)
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Minutes of the Meeting of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, January 15, 1947 (NAID: 301669690)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Minutes of CRC Meetings (NAID: 4757585)
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Address by Walter White, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, June 29, 1947 (NAID: 301669386)
Part of:
- Collection: Clark M. Clifford White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598548)
- Series: Clark M. Clifford's Subject Files, 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598550)
- File Unit: Civil Rights (NAID: 1766635)
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Memorandum from David Niles to Matthew Connelly with Attachment, June 16, 1947 (NAID: 301669382)
Part of:
- Collection: Clark M. Clifford White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598548)
- Series: Clark M. Clifford's Subject Files, 1945 - 1951 (NAID: 598550)
- File Unit: Civil Rights (NAID: 1766635)
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Letter from Douglas McGregor to Senator Alexander Wiley, August 6, 1947 (NAID: 295024754)
Part of:
- Collection: Charles S. Murphy White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646423)
- Series: Charles S. Murphy's Correspondence and General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 657190)
- File Unit: Civil Rights (NAID: 1716014)
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Letter from Congressman Henry Newton Williams to Charles E. Wilson, November 4, 1947 (NAID: 255218942)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Letter from Saul Israel to Charles E. Wilson, with Attachment, with a Reply from David Niles (NAID: 248318517)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Letter from Robert K. Carr to Victor C. Gaspar, April 4, 1947 (NAID: 248318501)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Memorandum from Robert Carr to David Niles, with Attachment, May 1947 (NAID: 248318493)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Memorandum from Robert K. Carr to Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, February 21, 1947 (NAID: 248318459)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Form Letter from Robert K. Carr and the President's Committee on Civil Rights, February 20, 1947 (NAID: 248318385)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Letter from Mike Masaoka to Robert K. Carr, November 13, 1947 (NAID: 248318383)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Letter from Walter White to David Niles, November 5, 1947 (NAID: 248318367)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Letter from Borden Burr to the United States Government Printing Office, with a Reply from David Niles, With Related Note (NAID: 248318360)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Letter from Congressman Jack B. Brooks to the President's Committee on Civil Rights, with a Reply from Charles Durham, November 1947 (NAID: 248318357)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Members of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, with Related Material, November 1947 (NAID: 231706885)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Letter from Robert K. Carr to White House Press Secretary Charles Ross, July 16, 1947 (NAID: 231706881)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Memorandum from John L. Thurston to John Steelman, June 23, 1947 (NAID: 231706807)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Draft Press Release from the President's Committee on Civil Rights, February 1947 (NAID: 231706803)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Letter from Helen Gahagan Douglas to David Niles, May 14, 1947 (NAID: 40020093)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1947 (NAID: 4757579)
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Memorandum with Summary of Letter Protesting Committee on Civil Rights and the Committee on Higher Education, December 29, 1947 (NAID: 40020073)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Civil Rights Program, OF 596a (NAID: 727307)
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Report to President’s Committee on Civil Rights, Federal Criminal Jurisdiction Over Violations of Civil Rights, January 15, 1947 (NAID: 40019915)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: 1945-June, 1947 [2 of 2] (NAID: 3598728)
1948
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Article by Walter White, "Will Henry Wallace Get the Negro Vote", January 8, 1948 (NAID: 333234857)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: July, 1947-1948 [1 of 2] (NAID: 3598729)
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Telegram from Governor J. Strom Thurmond to President Harry S. Truman, October 11, 1948 (NAID: 321496652)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Civil Rights Program, OF 596a (NAID: 727307)
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Memorandum from Philleo Nash to Matthew Connelly with Attached Letter from Bishop R. R. Wright to President Harry S. Truman with Related Material (NAID: 321496575)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Civil Liberties, 1947-March 1949, OF 596 (NAID: 727304)
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Draft of Message to the Congress of the United States (NAID: 301668127)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Speech Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 167966991)
- File Unit: 1948, February 2: Civil Rights Message (NAID: 169629690)
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Memorandum, Comments on Draft of President's Message on Civil Rights, January 30, 1948 (NAID: 301668124)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Speech Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 167966991)
- File Unit: 1948, February 2: Civil Rights Message (NAID: 169629690)
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Memorandum from Elmer Staats and C. B. Stauffacher, January 29, 1948 (NAID: 301668121)
Part of:
- Collection: George M. Elsey Papers, 1916 - 1995 (NAID: 600073)
- Series: Speech Files, 1946 - 1953 (NAID: 167966991)
- File Unit: 1948, February 2: Civil Rights Message (NAID: 169629690)
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Revised Draft, "A Bill To Provide Means of Further Securing and Protecting the Civil Rights of Persons Within the Jurisdiction of the United States", February 3, 1948 (NAID: 295024769)
Part of:
- Collection: Charles S. Murphy White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646423)
- Series: Charles S. Murphy's Correspondence and General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 657190)
- File Unit: Civil Rights (NAID: 1716014)
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Memorandum from Oscar Ewing to Charles Murphy with Attachment, January 2, 1948 (NAID: 295024737)
Part of:
- Collection: Charles S. Murphy White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646423)
- Series: Charles S. Murphy's Correspondence and General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 657190)
- File Unit: Civil Rights (NAID: 1716014)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ernie Roberts (NAID: 201511)
Part of:
- Collection: President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1960 (NAID: 1205)
- Series: Personal Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 602209)
- File Unit: "C" (NAID: 967555)
Undated
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Letter from Philleo Nash to Florence Dixon with Related Material (NAID: 301669679)
Part of:
- Collection: Philleo Nash White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 601103)
- Series: President's Committee on Civil Rights Files, 1945 - 1948 (NAID: 601112)
- File Unit: Correspondence-1948 [1 of 3] (NAID: 4757581)
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Draft Remarks and Press Release of the Attorney General (NAID: 301668979)
Part of:
- Collection: Eleanor Bontecou Papers, 1913 - 1991 (NAID: 594870)
- Series: Civil Rights Files, 1906 - 1968 (NAID: 291080413)
- File Unit: Race Riots (NAID: 295757159)
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Memorandum, Recommendations of the President's Committee on Civil Rights (NAID: 295024761)
Part of:
- Collection: Charles S. Murphy White House Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 646423)
- Series: Charles S. Murphy's Correspondence and General Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 657190)
- File Unit: Civil Rights (NAID: 1716014)
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Oral History Interview with Truman Gibson (NAID: 221154568)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
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Memorandum from David K. Niles to Matthew J. Connelly (NAID: 40020069)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Letter from Thelma Pallette to President Harry S. Truman and Reply (NAID: 40020064)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: President's Committee on Civil Rights, OF 596a (NAID: 727306)
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Memorandum for Files With Attached Telegram to President Harry S. Truman (NAID: 40020032)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Race Riot, Columbia, Tenn. (February 25-26, 1946), OF 93c (NAID: 725633)
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Correspondence between David K. Niles, Samuel Unger, and President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Note (NAID: 40020008)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Segregation, 1945-June 1948, OF 93b (NAID: 725632)
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., With Attached Telegrams and Press Releases (NAID: 40019978)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Daughters of the American Revolution Controversy Re Use of Constitution Hall by Negro Artists, OF 93 (NAID: 725629)
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Telegrams to the White House Urging Protection for African-American Voters (NAID: 40019964)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Colored Question, May-December 1946, OF 93 (NAID: 313078548)
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Letter from Mary McLeod Bethune to President Harry S. Truman with a Reply from William D. Hassett (NAID: 40019959)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Colored Question, October 1945-April 1946, OF 93 (NAID: 313078545)
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Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Walter White (NAID: 40019954)
Part of:
- Collection: Official Files (Truman Administration), 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 1202)
- Series: Official Files, 1945 - 1953 (NAID: 201124)
- File Unit: Colored Question, October 1945-April 1946, OF 93 (NAID: 313078545)
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Oral History Interview with Philleo Nash (NAID: 200987)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
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Oral History Interview with Eleanor Bontecou (NAID: 200732)
Part of:
- Collection: Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 1198)
- Series: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews, 1960 - 2014 (NAID: 200668)
Background
Reports
To Secure These Rights, the Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights