Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks by Michael Gardner

Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks

Michael Gardner

320 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced

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Given his background, President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Where he grew up--the border state of Missouri--segregation was accepted and largely unquestioned. Both his maternal and paternal grandparents had owned slaves, and h...

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