jan 1, 1947 - President's Commottee on Civil Rights

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"President Harry S. Truman risked his political future with his strong support of blacks’ civil rights. In 1947, he established the President’s Committee on Civil Rights. The committee’s report, issued later that year, became the agenda for the civil rights movement over the next two decades. It called for national laws prohibiting racially motivated poll taxes, segregation, and brutality against minorities and for guarantees of voting rights and equal employment opportunity."

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