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The President's Committee on Civil Rights was a United States presidential commission established by President Harry Truman in 1946. The committee was created by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946, and instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the country and propose measures to strengthen and protect them. After the committee submitted a report of its findings to President Truman, it disbanded in December 1947.

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  • President's Committee on Civil Rights (en)
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  • The President's Committee on Civil Rights was a United States presidential commission established by President Harry Truman in 1946. The committee was created by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946, and instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the country and propose measures to strengthen and protect them. After the committee submitted a report of its findings to President Truman, it disbanded in December 1947. (en)
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  • Investigate the status of civil rights in the country and propose measures to strengthen and protect them (en)
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  • * Establish a permanent Civil Rights Commission, Joint Congressional Committee on Civil Rights, and a Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice * Develop federal protection from lynching * Establish a permanent fair employment practice commission * Abolish poll taxes * Other measures (en)
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  • The President's Committee on Civil Rights was a United States presidential commission established by President Harry Truman in 1946. The committee was created by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946, and instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the country and propose measures to strengthen and protect them. After the committee submitted a report of its findings to President Truman, it disbanded in December 1947. (en)
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  • Front page of a newspaper. The top headline reads "President Truman wipes out segregation in armed forces" (en)
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  • Front page of the Chicago Defender newspaper announcing desegregation of the United States Armed Forces (en)
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  • December 1947 (en)
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  • Harry Truman (en)
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