Harry Truman and civil rights
United states, politics and government, 1945-1953
Truman, harry s., 1884-1972
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African americans, civil rights
United states, race relations
Civil rights
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Race relations
African Americans
Politics and government
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Given his background, President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Where he grew up--the border state of Missouri--segregation was accepted and largely unquestioned. Both his maternal and paternal grandparents had owned slaves, and his beloved mother, victimized by Yankee forces, raile…
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