To secure these rights : the report of Harry S Truman's Committee on Civil Rights

United States President's Committee on Civil Rights. (Author). Lawson, Steven F., 1945- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0312402147
Physical Description: print
viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-194) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1. Introduction: Setting the Agenda of the Civil Rights Movement -- Part 2. To Secure These Rights: The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights -- Assignment from the President -- I. The American Heritage: The Promise of freedom and Equality -- The Ideal of Freedom and Equality -- Government and Freedom -- The Essential Rights -- The Heritage and the Reality -- II. The Record: Short of the Goal -- Our Diverse Population -- Signs of Recent Progress -- The Condition of Our Rights -- Segregation Reconsidered -- Civil Rights in the Nation's Capital -- III. Government's Responsibility: Securing the Rights -- Constitutional Traditions as to Governmental Protection of Civil Rights -- The Role of the Supreme Court as a Guardian of Civil Rights -- The Civil Rights Section Experiment -- The Problem of Sanctions -- The Climate of Opinion -- IV. A Program of Action: The Committee's Recommendations -- The Time Is Now -- The Committee's Recommendations -- A Chronology of Events concerning To Secure These Rights (1938-1968) -- Questions for Consideration.