Harry Truman: “We must protect our civil rights so that by providing all our people…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 1948

We must protect our civil rights so that by providing all our people with the maximum enjoyment of personal freedom and personal opportunity we shall be a stronger nation--stronger in our leadership, stronger in our moral position, stronger in the deeper satisfactions of a united citizenry.

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Harry Truman

Democratic · Missouri

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presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights

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Harry Truman: “We must protect our civil rights so that by providing all our people with the maximum enjoyment of personal freedom and…”

Editor's note · Context