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Harry Truman: Discrimination, like a disease, must be attacked wherever it appears.

On the recordSeptember 3, 1946
Discrimination, like a disease, must be attacked wherever it appears.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Chairman, American Veterans Committee, Concerning Discrimination on the Campus.

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