President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9808, establishing the President’s Committee on Civil Rights. This was the first national presidential committee tasked specifically with examining the state of civil rights in the U.S. and recommending improvements. The committee’s 1947 report, “To Secure These Rights,” laid the groundwork for future civil rights legislation and called for the end of segregation, protection against lynching, and federal enforcement of civil rights laws.
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