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

Senator Morse speaking to conference

Senator Wayne Morse speaking from a rostrum on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, addressing the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Seated in the first row on the right of the rostrum are: Walter White, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; President Harry S. Truman, who also addressed the conference; and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who also addressed the conference.

Eleanor Roosevelt speaking on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt speaking from a rostrum on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, addressing the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Seated in the first row on the right of the rostrum are: Walter White, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; President Harry S. Truman, who also addressed the conference; and Senator Wayne Morse.

President Truman speaks on steps of Lincoln Memorial

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. Walter White, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is seated in the front row, on the other side of the empty chair next to Mrs. Roosevelt.

Truman and others leaving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People conference

President Harry S. Truman (front row, left) leaves after giving a speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) conference at the Lincoln Memorial. He is accompanied by (front row) Eleanor Roosevelt and Walter White, president of the NAACP; General Harry Vaughan and Captain James Foskett (second row, left to right); Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson and Senator Wayne Morse (third row, left to right, Vinson partly obscured by Foskett); and Attorney General Tom Clark (behind and to the left of Senator Morse in the bow tie).

Former President Truman and Former First Lady Bess Wallace Truman Getting off the Train in Portland, Oregon

Former President Harry S. Truman and former First Lady Bess Truman departing a train in Portland, Oregon. They are with Senator Wayne Morse, Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler, and others. The lady between Harry and Bess Truman is unidentified. They are in Portland, Oregon for the Rose Festival. Donor: Edward Bushby.