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President Truman speaks on steps of Lincoln Memorial

73-2564 (untitled)
Accession Number
73-2564
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
African Americans
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civil rights
Congresses and conventions
First ladies
Legislators
Presidents
Race relations
Speeches, addresses, etc.
HST Keywords
Truman - Addresses - Conferences - NAACP; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Negroes; Roosevelt, Eleanor - Truman with; Lincoln Memorial; Truman - Conferences - Associations - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Civil Rights; Truman - Dignitaries - Political Associates - Roosevelt, Eleanor
People Pictured
Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Truman speaks from a rostrum on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial as he addresses the closing session of the 38th annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Senator Wayne Morse is seated on the right in the first row. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is seated second from the right on the first row, next to Senator Morse. Walter White, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is seated in the front row, on the other side of the empty chair next to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Date(s)
June 29, 1947