report "To Secure These Rights"

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United States federal document civil rights report government report

"To Secure These Rights" is a landmark 1947 report by President Harry S. Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights that called for sweeping federal action to end segregation and protect civil rights in the United States.

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To Secure These Rights	2
report "To Secure These Rights" canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal document ⓘ civil rights report ⓘ government report ⓘ
aimedAt	ending segregation in the United States ⓘ protecting the civil rights of all Americans ⓘ
associatedWith	Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ surface form: President's Committee on Civil Rights Truman administration ⓘ
author	Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ surface form: President's Committee on Civil Rights
callsFor	abolition of the poll tax in federal elections ⓘ creation of a permanent Civil Rights Commission ⓘ creation of a permanent Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice ⓘ desegregation of education ⓘ desegregation of public accommodations ⓘ desegregation of the armed forces ⓘ federal anti-lynching legislation ⓘ protection of voting rights for African Americans ⓘ strengthening federal protection of civil rights ⓘ sweeping federal action to end segregation ⓘ
commissionedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
commissionedDate	1946 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Committee on Civil Rights ⓘ surface form: President's Committee on Civil Rights
describedAs	landmark civil rights report ⓘ
focusesOn	disparities between American democratic ideals and racial practices ⓘ federal responsibility to protect civil rights ⓘ
genre	policy report ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post–World War II era ⓘ
influenced	Executive Order 9981 ⓘ Harry S. Truman's civil rights agenda ⓘ mid-20th-century U.S. civil rights policy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisReferenced	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution United States Constitution ⓘ
presentedTo	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
publicationYear	1947 ⓘ
publisher	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States Government
timePeriodCovered	contemporary United States in the 1940s ⓘ
title	report "To Secure These Rights" self-link ⓘ surface form: To Secure These Rights
topic	civil rights in the United States ⓘ equal protection of the laws ⓘ federal civil rights policy ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ voting rights ⓘ

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Truman administration domestic policy → hasPart → report "To Secure These Rights" ⓘ

Committee on Civil Rights → notableWork → report "To Secure These Rights" ⓘ

this entity surface form: To Secure These Rights

report "To Secure These Rights" → title → report "To Secure These Rights" self-link ⓘ

subject surface form: To Secure These Rights

this entity surface form: To Secure These Rights