Ralph K. Davies and group of people at banquet
Group of people at unidentified banquet. Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War, is third from left. All others unidentified.
Civil rights
President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services
President Harry S. Truman conferred with his Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Seated left to right are: Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal; President Truman; and President of the AJ Donahue Corporation, Alphonsus J. Donahue. Standing, left to right are: Chairman of Office of Secretary of Defense Personnel Policy Board, Thomas R. Reid; General C.T. Lanham; President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, John H. Sengstacke; President of Oberlin College, William E.
President Harry S. Truman Receives the Committee on Civil Rights Report
President Harry S. Truman is receiving a report from the Committee on Civil Rights from Charles Wilson. Standing, from left to right: Most Reverend Francis J. Haas, Roland B. Gittelsohn, Dr. Sadie T. Alexander, James B. Carey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Dorothy Rogers Tilly, Channing H. Tobias, Charles Wilson, Boris Shishkin, Charles Luckman, and Francis P. Matthews.
President Truman in Spokane, Washington at Stockyards
President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Old President Harry S. Truman at the Stockyards in Spokane, Washington. He has received a Blue Ribbon naming him "Champion of Everything." The President called for a fight for the "Power Lobby" and to demand passage of his civil rights program. Donor: John E. Boos.
Clifford Berryman Civil Rights Cartoon
This is a photograph of a political cartoon regarding civil rights and the 1948 election by Clifford Berryman. The cartoon depicts "Miss Democracy" saying "You Mean You'd Rather be Right Than President?" President Harry S. Truman is standing on a rug labeled "Civil Rights" and is saying "I Stand Pat!' The original of the cartoon is inscribed: "To the President with Cordial and Hearty Good Wishes. C.K. Berryman Washington Star March 14, 1948."
President Truman addresses the crowd upon receiving the Franklin Roosevelt Award in Harlem, New York
Close up view of President Truman at podium as he addresses the crowd upon receiving the Franklin Roosevelt Award in Harlem, New York. President Truman spoke on the subject of civil rights.