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To Secure These Rights
On December 5, 1946, President Truman signed Executive Order 9808 creating the President's Committee on Civil Rights. The fifteen-member committee's task was to determine how current law enforcement and federal, state, and local governments could be "improved to safeguard the civil rights of people." The committee released its report, To Secure These Rights, on October 29, 1947. Among the recommendations were an antilynching law, the abolition of the poll tax, a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), the desegregation of the military, and laws to enforce fair housing, education, health care, and employment. |