After the 1946 congressional election President Truman sent a civil rights message to Congress, the first time a president did that. He also issued an executive order to desegregate the American armed forces.
Warned by Southern Democrats that his civil rights program could cost him the 1948 election, Truman responded that if he lost because of civil rights, his loss would be for a good cause.
They don’t make them like that any more.
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