This letter is President Harry S. Truman’s response to a letter from his friend, Ernie Roberts, in which Roberts criticized Truman’s civil rights program. In his reply, Truman describes some outrageous acts of violence and discrimination against black Americans. He insists that he will continue to fight for equality of opportunity for all citizens, regardless of race, even if this results in his defeat in the upcoming presidential election.
Instrument of Surrender of the Japanese in the Philippine Islands
Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)
