truman's civil rights policy

Question 1

morgan v. virginia (1946)

Answer 1

segregation on interstate buses is ruled illegal

Question 2

to secure these rights (1947)

Answer 2

published by the committee on civil rights, called for an end to lynching, poll taxes and segregation

Question 3

executive order 9980 (1948)

Answer 3

fair employment practices in the civil service

Question 4

executive order 9981 (1948)

Answer 4

desegregation of the military

Question 5

what legislation did truman propose?

Answer 5

• an anti-lynching law
• end to poll tax
• stronger federal protections for voting rights

Question 6

sweatt v. painter (1950)

Answer 6

challenged the separate but equal doctrine as unequal

Question 7

what was the significance of his civil rights speech?

Answer 7

• the first president since Lincoln to address the NAACP
• speech in 1947 to 10,000 members

Question 8

one positive and one negative of the CGCC/committee on government contract compliance

Answer 8

positive: was able to ensure government contracts weren’t discriminatory
negative: CGCC couldn’t force companies to carry out fair employment practices

Question 9

how does CORE’s journey of reconciliation in 1947 link to morgan v virginia?
- action taken, significance and result

Answer 9

• after morgan v virginia, segregation on interstate buses was illegal but many companies decided to ignore it. CORE wanted to bring attention to this
• action: 8 black and 8 white activists planned to travel by bus between northern and southern states, they sat in the wrongly designated seats
• significance: proved companies were ignoring the ruling but resulted in 12 CORE members being arrested. groundbreaking link between legal campaign + protest
• ultimately failed, southern states such as NC did not desegregate buses

Question 10

what is the significance of sweatt v painter in 1950?

Answer 10

it was the NAACP’s first successful challenge to segregation in education and the idea of “separate but equal” segregation