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What was the 1944 GI Bill of Rights and how did it benefit Black Americans? |
A bill which provided education grants for ex servicemen, including black servicemen. This meant they could attend college. |
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What did President Truman do in 1946 regarding the Civil Rights Movement? |
He expressed his disgust at the treatment of black veterans. Some historians think that this made him want to help the Civil a Rights Movement? |
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What was Truman's stance on Civil Rights? |
In private he was racist and used offensive language (he came from a mid-western state where segregation was enforced) but as president he tried to improve the status of African Americans. |
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What were the Dixiecrats? |
Some southern democrats who formed their own pro-segregationist party. |
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What did President Truman set up in 1946? |
A presidential committee which would investigate the ways in which the rights of African Americans were being violated. |
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What did To Secure These Rights show? |
It clearly stated that racism was harmful to the country and not in keeping with what America should stand for - freedom and equality. |
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What did Truman say at his State of the Union address in 1948? |
He said he was going to secure the "essential human rights of our citizens" and that racial discrimination was "contrary to American ideals of democracy". |
