African Americans

Former President Harry S. Truman has exited the Carlyle Hotel in New York City on his morning walk. This photos shows onlookers and press, the former President isn't visible in the photo. There is an African American woman visible on the left. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Former President Harry S. Truman tips his hat to an African American woman as he exits the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. He is out for his morning walk. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Stereo slide from a social gathering at a person's home. Pictured are three women holding drinks, a waiter holding a pitcher, and two men. All are unidentified. Caption handwritten on slide holder: "Party for Hester & Jesse-Nov '52."

President Harry S. Truman (center, left) and Vice President Alben Barkley (center, right) watch the Inaugural Parade from the viewing stands. Also present, seated in the first row, left to right, are: unidentified woman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Marian Barkley Truitt, General Harry Vaughan, General Robert Landry, and Admiral Robert Dennison. Seated behind Mrs. Truman is Margaret Truman. Seated in the third row, second from the left is General Omar Bradley. Seated in the second row, in between General Vaughan and General Landry is Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath.

Sign directly opposite the Sojourner Truth, a federal housing project, in Detroit, Michigan. A riot was caused by white neighbors' attempt to prevent African American tenants from moving in. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USW-3-1.

Line of people, African American and white, carrying signs that are anti-Jim Crow practices. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Charles Sawyer, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce and Clarence Osthagen, Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Commerce, (at right) with unidentified African American men at The Sixth Conference on The Negro in Business at the Commerce Department Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

Charles Sawyer, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce, (third from right) and Clarence Osthagen, Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Commerce (second from right) with unidentified African American men at The Sixth Conference on The Negro in Business at the Commerce Department Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

A portrait of Herbert Dunlap, a guard with the General Services Administration at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri.

Clarence H. Osthagen, Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Commerce, giving official greeting at The Sixth Conference on The Negro in Business at the Commerce Department Auditorium in Washington, D.C.