Harry Truman and Civil Rights
At the Fall for the Book Festival in Fairfax, Virginia, Professor Michael Gardner discussed his biography, Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Mo… read more
At the Fall for the Book Festival in Fairfax, Virginia, Professor Michael Gardner discussed his biography, Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Character and Political Risks, published by Southern Illinois University Press. The book focuses on the thirty-third president as a pioneer in the modern civil rights movement when there was no national pressure to do so. close
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