Topic: Truman, Harry

Jul 17, 
1945

Congress Refuses to Extend Committee on Fair Employment Practices

Feb 12, 
1946

Isaac Woodard, African-American Veteran, Beaten, Blinded in South Carolina; Incident Provokes National Outrage

Jul 17, 
1946

President Truman Authorizes FBI Wiretapping

Sep 19, 
1946

Truman Promises Presidential Civil Rights Committee

Dec 5, 
1946

Truman Creates Historic President’s Committee on Civil Rights

Mar 12, 
1947

Cold War Begins: Truman Doctrine Announced

Mar 21, 
1947

Guilt by Association: President Truman Launches Federal Loyalty Program

Jun 29, 
1947

Truman First President to Address NAACP

Jul 26, 
1947

President Truman Signs National Security Act – Creates CIA

Sep 18, 
1947

National Security Act in Effect on This Day: Decades of Lawless Abuses Begin

Oct 29, 
1947

“To Secure These Rights:” Truman’s Civil Rights Committee Delivers Historic Report

Dec 4, 
1947

Official Blacklist: Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizations Published

Dec 24, 
1947

Truman Pardons 1,523 WW II Draft Resisters

Jan 7, 
1948

President Truman Promises Civil Rights Message

Feb 2, 
1948

President Truman Delivers Civil Rights Message to Congress

Mar 22, 
1948

A. Philip Randolph Confronts Truman Over Segregated Military

Apr 8, 
1948

Southern Leaders Attack President Truman’s 1948 Civil Rights Speech

Jul 26, 
1948

President Truman Desegregates U. S. Military

Apr 4, 
1950

Burnita Matthews Confirmed as First Female U.S. District Court Judge

Sep 22, 
1950

Repressive McCarran Act Passed Over President Truman’s Veto

Dec 16, 
1950

Truman Declares National Emergency to Combat “Communist Imperialism”

Apr 11, 
1951

President Truman Fires Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Asserts Civilian Control Over Military

Apr 8, 
1952

Truman Seizes Steel Mills – Begins Confrontation Over Presidential Power

Jun 2, 
1952

Supreme Court Overrules Truman: Limits Presidential Power in Steel Seizure Case

Oct 24, 
1952

Secret Truman Order Creates National Security Agency

Jan 5, 
1953

“Whom Shall We Welcome?” President Truman Endorses Immigration Reform Report

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