Committee on Civil Rights To Secure These Rights: The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09621 Author/Creator: Committee on Civil Rights Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: December 1947 Pagination: 1 v. : xii : 178 p ; 26 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy
Final report of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights. The report identifies race discrimination in virtually every area of American life such as education, employment, voting, and military service. Recommendations include: to establish a permanent Civil Rights Commission, Joint Congressional Committee on Civil Rights, and a Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice; to develop federal protection from lynching; a permanent fair employment practice commission; and to abolish poll taxes.
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