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Truman at closing session of conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

President Harry S. Truman addresses the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C. In this photo, President Truman is in the background, chatting, as Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt leaves the podium area.

Truman at closing session of conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

President Harry S. Truman addresses the closing session of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C. This view shows President Truman seated between Walter White, President of the NAACP and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, in the front row. Others are unidentified.

Truman holds press conference at AHEPA convention

Former President Harry S. Truman looks back at the camera at a press conference at the Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, where he also attended the grand banquet at the 40th annual convention of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, which sponsored the event. On Truman's right is Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, and on his left is the head of the AHEPA (name unknown). (original negative) From: Credit John McDonough

Former President Truman holds press conference at an AHEPA convention

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) holds a press conference at the Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, where he also attended the grand banquet at the 40th annual convention of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, which sponsored the event. On his left is the head of AHEPA, but his name is not known. (original negative) From: Credit John McDonough.