To secure these rights : the report of Harry S Truman's Committee on Civil Rights / edited with an introduction by Steven F. Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. President's Committee on Civil Rights.

Contributor:

Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961.

Lawson, Steven F., 1945-

Series:

Bedford series in history and culture

The Bedford series in history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2004]

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction: Setting the Agenda of the Civil Rights Movement 1

Part 2 To Secure These Rights: The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights 43

Assignment from the President 43

I The American Heritage: The Promise of freedom and Equality 49

The Ideal of Freedom and Equality 50

Government and Freedom 50

The Essential Rights 51

The Heritage and the Reality 54

II The Record: Short of the Goal 55

Our Diverse Population 55

Signs of Recent Progress 58

The Condition of Our Rights 61

Segregation Reconsidered 111

Civil Rights in the Nation's Capital 118

III Government's Responsibility: Securing the Rights 126

Constitutional Traditions as to Governmental Protection of Civil Rights 130

The Role of the Supreme Court as a Guardian of Civil Rights 138

The Civil Rights Section Experiment 139

The Problem of Sanctions 150

The Climate of Opinion 155

IV A Program of Action: The Committee's Recommendations 158

The Time Is Now 158

The Committee's Recommendations 167

A Chronology of Events concerning To Secure These Rights (1938-1968) 186

Questions for Consideration 190.

Notes:

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

Charles E. Wilson, chairman.

ISBN:

0312402147

OCLC:

55873786