Harry Truman:

There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have some colored blood in them. They have been discriminated against and I am going to see that that is stopped.

— Harry Truman Modern

US President, atomic bomb decision

Context

Remark expressing his commitment to civil rights.

Date / Period

1948

Source

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/oral-histories/ferrellr

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

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