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President Harry S. Truman Speaks to the Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

59-1386-2
Accession Number
59-1386-2
6.5x8.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348260441
Keywords
African Americans
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civil rights
First ladies
Legislators
Presidents
Race relations
Speeches, addresses, etc.
HST Keywords
Truman - Addresses - Conferences - NAACP; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Negroes; Roosevelt, Eleanor - Truman with; Lincoln Memorial; Truman - Conferences - Associations - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Civil Rights; Truman - Dignitaries - Political Associates - Roosevelt, Eleanor
People Pictured
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Description
President Truman speaks from a rostrum on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as he addresses the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Senator Wayne Morse is seated on the right in the first row. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is seated second from the right on the first row, next to Senator Morse.
Date(s)
June 29, 1947