President Truman's Address Before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at the Lincoln Memorial
President Harry S. Truman's address before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The President spoke at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, at 4:30 p.m. In his opening words he referred to Walter F. White, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who served as chairman of the conference, and to former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Senator Wayne Morse who also spoke. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.