Quest and Response : Minority Rights and the Truman Administration

Quest and Response Minority Rights and the Truman Administration

Although the civilrights story of the Truman administration is one relating mainly to blacks, this study deals with other minority groups, including Indians, MexicanAmericans, Puerto Ricans, Japanese and ChineseAmericans, and Jews. Based on extensive research in primary source materials, it is a bal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCoy, Donald R. (-)
Other Authors: Ruetten, Richard T., 1929- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, University Press of Kansas 1973
[1973]
Subjects:
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
Politics and government.
Minorities.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Minorities > United States.
United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
United States
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423715006719
Table of Contents:
  • The state of minorities before the Truman years
  • A new man in the White House
  • Tension and strife
  • Where they stood
  • A year of relaxation, or preparation
  • OF promises made and delayed
  • Vindication of a commitment
  • A new day dawns?
  • Deadlock in Congress
  • Of patronage, housing, and law
  • Integrating the military
  • Equal employment opportunity
  • Defeat in Congress
  • A final stand
  • Assessment.

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