President Harry S. Truman Speaks to the Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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59-1386-2

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Keywords

African Americans

Associations, institutions, etc.

Speeches, addresses, etc.

HST Keywords

Truman - Addresses - Conferences - NAACP; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Negroes; Roosevelt, Eleanor - Truman with; Lincoln Memorial; Truman - Conferences - Associations - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Civil Rights; Truman - Dignitaries - Political Associates - Roosevelt, Eleanor

People Pictured

Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Description

President Truman speaks from a rostrum on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as he addresses the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Senator Wayne Morse is seated on the right in the first row. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is seated second from the right on the first row, next to Senator Morse.

Date(s)

June 29, 1947

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President Harry S. Truman Speaks to the Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People