President Truman did several things to help African-Americans. He established a committee on civil rights in 1946 that examined how violence impacted African-Americans. This committee issued a report that showed how the country treated African-Americans poorly while claiming to be a democracy that fought against the harsh policies of a communist system that mistreated people. In 1947, he created a national committee to determine ways to get laws passed that would help protect people from...
President Truman did several things to help African-Americans. He established a committee on civil rights in 1946 that examined how violence impacted African-Americans. This committee issued a report that showed how the country treated African-Americans poorly while claiming to be a democracy that fought against the harsh policies of a communist system that mistreated people. In 1947, he created a national committee to determine ways to get laws passed that would help protect people from discrimination.
In 1948, two executive orders were passed. One ended segregation in the military. Having a segregated military seemed to be contrary to the idea that we were fighting for freedom and for people to be treated properly. The other executive order dealt with civil service. It gave African-Americans fair employment treatment in this area. There was an election for President in 1948. The election may have been a factor in the creation of these executive orders.
In 1951, President Truman signed an executive order that said that any company that wanted to be a supplier of military equipment had to have a policy of treating minorities equally.
Many people don’t think of Harry Truman when they think about civil rights. However, President Truman did many things to help African-Americans in their quest to be treated equally.
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