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President Truman Meets with Delegation

59-1165 (untitled)
Accession Number
59-1165
8.5x6.5 inches
Black & White
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Keywords
African Americans
Labor leaders
Presidents
HST Keywords
Negroes; Truman - Conferences - Committees with - National Emergency Committee Against Mob Violence
People Pictured
Carey, James B. (James Barron), 1911-1973
Shishkin, Boris Basil, 1906-1984
Tobias, Channing Heggie, 1882-1961
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955
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International News Photos

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman meets with a delegation representing the National Emergency Committee Against Mob Violence. From left to right: Leslie Perry, Washington D. C. representative of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Boris Shishkin, of the American Federation of Labor; Frederick E. Reissig, of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America; President Truman; Walter White, Secretary, NAACP; James Carey, Secretary, Congress of Industrial Organizations; and Dr. Channing Tobias.

Date(s)
September 19, 1946