Civil rights

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, 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.

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.

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."

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.