Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Joe P. Dunn ◽  
Michael R. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Moral Courage ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Harry Truman

Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Linda C. Gugin ◽  
Michael R. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Moral Courage ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Harry Truman

New law creates difficulties for foreign NGOs in China

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The Political ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Default Position ◽  
And Gender

Subject China's overseas NGO law. Significance China's first law governing the activities of overseas NGOs affects some 7,000 overseas NGOs that now operate in the country. The law aims to channel the energies and resources of overseas NGOs towards fulfilling state policy objectives while controlling the political risks posed by their presence. Impacts The default position of illegality makes this a convenient juncture to screen overseas NGOs and drive out those deemed undesirable. Chinese citizens working with overseas NGOs will come under more scrutiny. Groups working on civil rights, criminal justice, ethnic, labour and gender issues or legal reform may not receive registration. NGOs working on education, conservation, climate change, poverty alleviation, development and health will find registration easier.

Conclusion: Tatsuro, “Standing Man”

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew M. Briones
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Fair Employment ◽  
Harry Truman ◽  
Federal Workforce ◽  
Government Contract

This concluding chapter discusses how the postwar period had remained charged with democratic possibility, though ideological retrenchment lingered both domestically and internationally. In an attempt to build on the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) initiated by FDR and A. Philip Randolph in 1941, which made it a crime for any company with a government contract to discriminate based on race or religion, President Harry Truman commissioned a Committee on Civil Rights in 1946 to study the problem of race relations and civil rights. Truman demonstrated how seriously he took the issue of civil rights by ordering the end of segregation in the federal workforce and the armed forces, two incredibly significant steps toward measurable progress and reform.

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