“And when I say all Americans – I mean all Americans.”
On June 29, 1947, President Harry S. Truman became the first President to address the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for theclosing session of the 38th NAACP annual conference.
Source: trumanlibrary.org
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