A Brief Review Of To Secure These Rights By Mary Dudizaik

The first and primary provision of President Truman’s order legally terminated racial prejudice within the military by stating, “It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin”. Truman, knowing the order’s implantation would be resisted, added provisions which established the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services (Fahy Committee). This committee, as stipulated within the order’s provision, was set to investigate the rules, practices, and procedures of all areas of the military and determine in what manners these areas should be altered in order to properly carry out the presidential policy. Truman then neutralized any internal resistance towards the order by detailing, in provisions four through five, that all executive agencies, committees, and persons, are directed to cooperate with the Committee in its work, testify where needed, and offer services when needed. Finally, President Truman shielded his order from immediate termination in his sixth and final provision, which declared that the policy may only be terminated by another executive order; and so, the bar was set for future

Eisenhower was level minded and very calm in all of his situations, allowing him to think clearly and try to make the best decision he thought he could. During Eisenhower’s presidency the economy was growing bigger and better than it had in a long time, American industry seemed to skyrocket. Also at this time Eisenhower enabled the large growth of the American middle class. Despite a couple of wars, Eisenhower seemed to be good at keeping the U.S out of wars. While the 1950s had their flaws, like every other time period, they are considered a great period of time, and all of this is given credit to a great standing in office(“Dwight D.

By the summer of 1953 his administration had negotiated an armistice that ended the bloody, stalemated Korean War. This shows that Dwight wanted to end the Korean War instead of losing money and men. During his presidency, Dwight tried to make all races happy anyway he could. “Eisenhower's second term in office was marked by the president's commitment to the civil rights movement , as he sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas , to force the desegregation” (Graff).

He believed in brotherhood, and felt that free African American men were entitled to better treatment. Early in his term, Truman put an end to segregation in the armed forces in response to the lynching of the black war veterans. He later released a report named “To Secure These Rights” that

Given that consumerism was high, wages were higher, the economy was booming, and the baby boom was in full swing it can be assumed that Eisenhower influenced what most Americans today call the “White Picket Fence Era”. This of course led to a small period of time in which people were less afraid of nuclear attack or of invasion, at least until the 80’s. Eisenhower also built the national interstate system and helped boost the economy, all while aiding the civil rights buildup by desegregating a school in Little Rock, Arkansas with armed troops to support the legality of the

One of the factors that motivated President Eisenhower’s handling of the crisis, was the impact that racial discrimination had on foreign relations during the Cold War, which made it imperative for civil rights

This may seem unjust, however the Blacks took it upon themselves to defend their lives and property, as they did not feel like the police force were capable, or even cared about, protecting them. Through

In 1947, a Commission on Civil Rights appointed by Truman issued a report, To Secure These Rights, calling on the federal government to end segregation and guarantee equal treatment in housing, employment, education, and criminal justice. The Truman administration, calling the report an American charter of human freedom, hoped to deflect the Cold War criticisms that American racial relations violated democracy human rights. Though Truman soon presented a comprehensive civil rights program to Congress asking for a federal civil rights commission, anti lynching and anti poll tax laws for equal access in jobs and education, Congress rejected it. But in the summer of 1948, Truman desegregated the military, and the military became the first large integrated institution in American history. Truman went on to help construct the most progressive Democratic platform in history for the 1948 elections, which included a robust civil rights

Truman was a great advocate of civil rights. Truman, as a senator, signed an unsuccessful petition to end a filibuster on an anti-poll tax measure, and agreed to investigations of racial discrimination on war contracts and in the armed services (Encarta). Civil rights leaders saw Truman's Fair Deal legislation useful to African-Americans, it included a full employment act, increased unemployment compensation, and a higher minimum wage. In 1948, Truman asked Congress to enact laws prohibiting Jim Crow laws, and he instructed the Secretary of Defense to end discrimination in the armed services. These and many other measures Truman took to enforce his belief in a rapid social change.

During the Reconstruction era, ongoing systemic racism persisted in American society despite efforts to create a more equal and just society where

Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Johnson outlawed discrimination in public facilities and accommodations, encouraged desegregation of public education, and gave equal opportunities for employment and voting. In my opinion, Lyndon B. Johnson was a very successful president because many of his decisions had good consequences overall. Lyndon B. Johnson outlawed discrimination in public accommodations such as in hotels, restaurants, theaters, and other public areas. LBJ permitted suits to secure desegregation of certain public facilities.

In “The Dark Side of Human Rights,” Onora O'Neill holds that rights to goods and services require that the good or service is guaranteed, which entails that someone is responsible to supply them. For example, with rights to food and health care the accountable individuals are “the farmer and the physician” (O'Neill 427). These rights contrast liberty rights, which are negative and include rights preventing physical harm and interference. Liberty rights demand that first-order obligations (to respect them) be universal, and second-order obligations (to guarantee they are respected) be particular (428). Until the obligations associated with rights to goods and services are clarified, the question remains: “what is required of the farmer, the physician and others who actually have to provide food and health care?”

Thesis From the mid 1910s to the early 1960s there were many riots that occured, because of racial tensions built up between the the whites and the blacks world wide. Coming from Will Brown being accused of rapping a young white girl, and to Eugene Williams having rocks thrown at him causing him to drown. Segregation at this time was unjustified due to racism still being heavily considered as the right thing to do. These riots caused the United States to be even more segregated, due to unequal rights and no laws being created at the time to help and protect African Americans. During these riots there were cases of police brutality and whites being able to do whatever they choose to do, because they felt as if it was a justified reason to stop the African Americans from rioting.

Eisenhower was not an advocate for African American civil rights nor was he sympathizer for the African American plight. The President was however, a strict defender of American Institutions. He believed in the finality of the constitution and rulings of the Supreme Court. He believed an affront on either as an attack on American values and tradition. For the first time since Reconstruction the ruling hand of the federal government was pushed to deploy troops to the South for the protection of African American freedom and

In this paper, I will focus on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I will provide the history, the important people involved in the establishment of the Civil Rights Act, the events that led to the act, and the reactions from the people, mostly Southerners, after the act was established. In the year of 1963, Blacks were experiencing high racial injustice and widespread violence was inflicted upon them. The outcry of the harsh treatments inflicted upon them caused Kennedy to propose the Civil Rights Act.