Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks

Gardner, Michael R.

ISBN 10: 0809324253 / ISBN 13: 9780809324255

Editore: Southern Illinois Univ Pr, Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A., 2002

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276 pp/llus. Index, Historical account of the civil rights agenda submitted to Congress by the thirty-third President of the United States (1945-1953) in February 1948 proposing the creation of several federal offices devoted to issues such as voting rights and fair employment practices. Clean. Codice articolo 006082

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Titolo: Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage...

Casa editrice: Southern Illinois Univ Pr, Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A.

Data di pubblicazione: 2002

Legatura: Cloth

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine

Edizione: First Edition

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Riassunto:

Arguing that Harry Truman was the most influencial, trend-setting twentieth-century president in the arena of civil rights, the author shows how the tough-talking grandson of slave owners managed to overcome his background to make progress in race relations. (History)

L'autore:

Michael R. Gardner is a communications policy attorney in Washington, D.C. He also serves as the pro bono chairman of the United States Telecommunications Training Institute, a nonprofit international training initiative he founded in 1982 while serving as the U.S. ambassador to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. A graduate of the College at Georgetown University and of the Georgetown University Law School, Gardner has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and has also served on four presidential commissions under Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush senior.