Harry Truman actually said...

This proposal, if enacted into law, would constitute a backward step in the efforts of the Federal Government to extend equal rights and opportunities to all our people.

Context

Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Requiring Segregation in Certain Schools on Federal Property.

11/01/1951

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