Truman desegregated the United States military. Legacy: Harry S. Truman enacted some important first steps in civil rights while protecting many of the New Deal’s gains. He also presided over an ...

the Truman civil-rights program. He also asked for universal military training, broadening of social security, extension of reciprocal trade treaties for three years. He wanted repeal of the Taft ...

Walter White and the NAACP,' an American Experience film about an overlooked titan of the civil rights movement.

Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory, supported overwhelmingly by Missouri voters, marks the state’s continued ideological ...

The transition from a wartime boom to a peacetime economy had been difficult. Truman’s commitment to civil rights alienated a large part of the South. His commitment to stopping Soviet expansion ...

Harry S. Truman probably isn’t on anyone’s list of civil rights heroes — though the former president does deserves to be a footnote. At least. Maybe even a catalyst for the movement that ...