Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Ernie Roberts

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 tha...

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September 8, 1948 the! Civil Rights HARRY ARCHIVES S. "NATIONAL RECORDS TRUMAN AND LIBRARY U.S. SERVICE" GOVERNMENT Dear Ernie: I appreciated very much your good letter of the second and I am most happy that you can see my viewpoint in this matter. It has im- plications, both foreign and domestic, that go far deeper than the surface would indicate. Sincerely yours, HARRY S. TRUMAN Mr. E. R. Roberts c/o Faultless Starch Company Kansas City, Missouri