1948: Civil Rights

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The outstanding development in the field of private rights during 1947 was the Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights. This committee, organized in pursuance to President Truman's Executive Order 9808, issued on Dec. 5, 1946, submitted its report late in 1947. Made available to the... ...