Franklin Roosevelt, African Americans and the coming of World War II -- Politics and the quest for an integrated military, 1937-1945 -- Harry Truman and civil rights, 1884-1945 -- Post-war utilization of the military and the creation of the President's Committee on Civil rights, 1945-1947 -- Politics and the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, 1948-1953 -- Historians debate Truman's civil rights record -- Bibliography -- Primary documents.
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