Correspondence between Former President Harry S. Truman and Edward M. Turner and Arthur L. Johnson
Former President Harry S. Truman replied to the president and executive secretary of the Detroit NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) regarding a statement he made about student protests against racial segregation.
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OCR Page 1 of 5WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
Independence, Missouri
March 24, 1960
THOMING
EDWARD M TURNER PRESIDENT
MATIONAL
AND
ARTHUR L. JOHNSON EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
SERVICE*
DETROIT BRANCH NAACP
DETROIT MICHIGAN
YOUR TELEGRAM REGARDING THE STATEMENT WHICH I MADE ABOUT SIT DOWNS
IN THE RESTAURANT IS CORRECT. I WOULD DO JUST WHAT I SAID I WOULD.
NAACP IS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS BEEN W ORKING FOR GOOD WILL AND
COMMON SENSE IN THIS SITUATION WITH WHICH WE ARE FACED. WHEN THEY
DO THINGS THAT CAUSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AS FRIENDLY TO THEM AS
I HAVE BEEN TO FEEL THAT THEY ARE DOING THE WRONG THING THEY ARE
LOSING FRIENDS INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM.
IF I WERE IN DETROIT I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING TO YOU PERSONALLY FOR
ALL THE NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISIONS IN THE COUNTRY. I CAN'T COME TO
DETROIT BECAUSE OF ILLESS IN THEN FAMILY BUT IF I WERE THERE I WOULD
TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT I AM SAYING NOW. THIS IS NOT PERSONAL NOR
CONFIDENTLAL
HARRY S TRUMAN
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