Former president Harry S. Truman discusses the United States Constitution, which he calls the greatest document of government ever written. He makes the point that, just because something is written in the Constitution doesn't make it so--the legislative branch must implement the laws, and the executive branch must enforce them.
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.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to the Directors of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The President spoke at 12:55 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. The group presented the President with a plaque bearing the following inscription: "To Harry S. Truman, 32nd President of The United States who has awakened the conscience of America and given new strength to our democracy by his courageous efforts on behalf of freedom and equality for all citizens. "National Newspaper Publishers Association, 1952."
President Harry S. Truman's address at Dorrance Brooks Park, Harlem, New York, upon receiving the Franklin Roosevelt Award, October 11, 1952, 2:00 p.m. He mentions achievements in civil rights, as well as Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign and support of civil rights. Transcript available in Public Papers of the Presidents, Harry S. Truman, 1952.