African Americans

Former President Harry S. Truman stands with an unidentified group of individuals, possibly from Cuba, in front of the wooden carved and inlaid chest which was presented to the President by President Carlos Prio Socarras of Cuba in 1948.

A snapshot of a young African-American man and a dog together. This was probably a friend of James E. Webb.

A snapshot of an African-American man with two dogs. The dogs probably belonged to James E. Webb.

View in Social Room and China Room showing progress of work during the renovation of the White House. The rough stone at the center is on the line of the wall removed between these two rooms. Above is the tile floor of the Green Room. African American workers look on.

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.

President Harry S. Truman is receiving a report from the Committee on Civil Rights from Charles Wilson. Standing, from left to right: Roland B. Gittelsohn, Mrs. Sadie T. Alexander, James B. Carey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs. M.E. Tilley, Channing H. Tobias, Charles Wilson, Boris Shishkin, Charles Luckman, and Francis P. Matthews.