Truman - Civil rights

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  • Created on: 16-01-23 11:28
What were Jim Crow laws?
Laws that enforced segregation
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What did Plessy V Ferguson rule?
Separate but equal ruling
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Who was Phillip Randolph?
Leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters which was the largest black union ever
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What did Truman advocate for?
-Anti lynching legislation
- abolition of poll tax
-voting right laws
-an end to discrimination if the armed forces
-a permanent FEPC
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What is one reason Truman openly advocated for these things?
To gain the black vote
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What were executive orders 9980 & 9981?
They ordered desegregation of the workforce and military
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What did Truman do on June 29th 1947
He addressed the NAACP's 30th annual convention, he was the first ever president to do so
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