President Truman and the desegregation of the armed forces : A 50th anniversary view of Executive Order 9981 / by General Colin L. Powell.
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Washington, D.C. :
National Legal Center for the Public Interest,
1998.
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Series: | Gauer distinguished lecture in law and public policy ;
v. 8. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / William H. Webster.
- The lecture / General Colin L. Powell.
- Executive order no. 9981.
- Harry S Truman's address before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, June 29, 1947.
- Harry S Truman's special message to the Congress on civil rights, February 2, 1948.
- The Emancipation proclamation and the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.
- Plessy v. Ferguson.
- Brown v. Board of Education.