ByVictor Trammell Photo credits: The Bettman Archive The U.S.President’s Committee on Civil Rightswas aPresidential Commissionestablished byPresidentHarry Trumanin 1946. The committee was created by Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946. It instructed an investigation of the status ofcivil rightsin the nation and proposed measures to strengthen and protect them. After the committee submitted a report […]
