A Brief Review Of To Secure These Rights By Mary Dudizaik

Mary Dudizaik discusses the 1947 President’s Committee on Civil Rights report called To Secure These Rights written by Harry S. Truman, civil rights abuses were in the spotlight and were wanted to be redressed due to three main reasons, not having moral protection, national civil security, and economic discrimination reasons. These reasons were heavily highlighted and shown throughout the time being of the injustice. Although each presidential administration from Truman to Johnson had their own specific carry outs, the general factors regarding all of the administrations concluded the following by addressing those three main reasons. In this aspect, I believe that each of the authorities during their respected times did stem from the three

On the flip side, the government failed, particularly in the South where segregation and discrimination was at one of the all time peaks. In the documentary “Rise!: 1940-1968,” from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” sponsored by PBS, around 9 minutes in; by the second day of the riots in Detroit during this time, about 24 African Americans were dead and more than half of the deaths were due to police brutality. (PBS, Rise!: 1940-1968,” from The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, 8:45/56:13) With more than half deaths due to police brutality was only one of the many examples that briefly explain the first 2 main reasons on civil right abuses wanting to be redressed. With the last reason being the economic discrimination towards Black people. This limited their ability to achieve financial security and prosperity. It took many forms ranging from good paying jobs, good homes and education, public transportation or use, etc. Through the discrimination, it was hard to build some type of wealth. In the article, The Race for Space (1957) written by Duke

In order, the administrations went from Truman(1945 - 1953), Eisenhower (1953 - 1961), Kennedy (1961 - 1963), and lastly Johnson(1963 - 1969). As each had their own mission during their respected times, each followed the three main reasons in some way or another. The Truman administration was motivated by the sense of moral obligation to publicly address the many civil rights issues. Truman believed that all citizens under the U.S should have equal fair rights and opportunities. He saw this as a problem and demanded action. Because of him, many African Americans were able to participate in the army and federal workforces. This could account for economic discrimination, which is the last reason. With the Eisenhower administration, they were more focused on their global image. They wanted to cover the reasons more than actually help. This was due to the harsh description that was placed on the U.S from the international community due to all the tragic stories that have been making headlines across the world. “The United States government had to listen to world opinion and it had to learn from the world about the nature of its own society, and it had to learn from world opinion the parts of American life that had to be changed.” This statement comes from Nicholas Cull coming from the documentary, “The Jazz Ambassadors”. (The Jazz Ambassadors (2018) PBS 1:25:15/1:29:00). The next administration was