How Harry S. Truman went from being a racist to desegregating the military

EPISODE · Jul 26, 2019 · 6 MIN

How Harry S. Truman went from being a racist to desegregating the military

from Retropod · host The Washington Post

When Harry Truman became president in 1945, Southern members of Congress were delighted. They thought he’d be sympathetic to segregationists. He proved them wrong.

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How Harry S. Truman went from being a racist to desegregating the military

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