Committee on Civil Rights

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The Committee on Civil Rights was a presidential advisory body established by Harry S. Truman to investigate civil rights issues in the United States and recommend federal actions to combat racial discrimination and segregation.

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Generate an image of the Committee on Civil Rights (The Committee on Civil Rights was a presidential advisory body established by Harry S. Truman to investigate civil rights issues in the United States and recommend federal actions to combat racial discrimination and segregation.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal advisory body ⓘ
presidential advisory committee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs President's Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
Truman Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
appointedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
appointedByOffice President of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creator Harry S. Truman ⓘ
dissolved 1947 ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
hasImpactOn United States civil rights movement ⓘ
federal civil rights legislation in the mid-20th century ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil rights issues within the United States ⓘ
hasPurpose investigation of civil rights conditions in the United States ⓘ
recommendation of federal action against racial discrimination ⓘ
recommendation of federal action against racial segregation ⓘ
strengthening and protection of civil rights ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtTimeOfCreation Harry S. Truman ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Cold War ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ
inception 1946 ⓘ
influenced Truman's Executive Order 9981 on desegregation of the armed forces ⓘ
development of later federal civil rights policy ⓘ
legalForm temporary advisory commission ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableWork To Secure These Rights ⓘ
operatedIn English language ⓘ
partOf Truman administration civil rights program ⓘ
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1947 ⓘ
recommendedAction abolition of the poll tax in federal elections ⓘ
creation of a Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice ⓘ
creation of a permanent Civil Rights Commission ⓘ
desegregation of the armed forces ⓘ
federal anti-lynching legislation ⓘ
federal protection against police brutality ⓘ
prohibition of discrimination in employment ⓘ
strengthening of federal protection for voting rights ⓘ
use of federal power to end segregation in interstate transportation ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
significantEvent issuance of the report "To Secure These Rights" ⓘ
topic equal protection of the laws ⓘ
racial discrimination in the United States ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
voting rights in the United States ⓘ

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Truman administration domestic policy → hasPart → Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
Committee on Civil Rights → alsoKnownAs → President's Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
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Committee on Civil Rights → alsoKnownAs → Truman Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
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To Secure These Rights → author → President's Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
subject linked to: report "To Secure These Rights"
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To Secure These Rights → createdBy → President's Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
subject linked to: report "To Secure These Rights"
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To Secure These Rights → associatedWith → President's Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
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Committee on Fair Employment Practice → replacedBy → President’s Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
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Presidential Executive Order 9808 → establishes → President’s Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
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Presidential Executive Order 9808 → hasCommitteeName → President’s Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
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John H. Sengstacke → memberOf → President Harry S. Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ
linked to: Committee on Civil Rights