History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1807 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Committee on Civil Rights
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The idea
Truman was the first president to address the NAACP, and in December nineteen forty-six he created by executive order a presidential committee to investigate racial discrimination.
In practice
A president putting the nation's record on race under federal inquiry.
Where people slip
Congress refused him a federal anti-lynching law, so Truman acted where he could by executive order.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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