The 1950s were a significant time period in the history of civil rights in this country. The Eisenhower Administration worked quietly on this front. The following documents include official government reports on civil rights, as well as President Eisenhower's personal views on this issue.
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Documents:
Report by the Attorney General on the Administration’s Efforts in the Field of Racial Segregation and Discrimination, January 26, 1955
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Press Release, Republican National Committee, August 9, 1955
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Memorandum, E. Frederick Morrow to Sherman Adams, December 16, 1955
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Statement by J. Edgar Hoover, Racial Tension and Civil Rights, March 1, 1956
Letter, DDE to Rev. Billy Graham, March 22, 1956
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Letter, Rev. Billy Graham to DDE, March 27, 1956
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Letter, DDE to Rev. Billy Graham, March 30, 1956
Letter, Rev. Billy Graham to DDE, June 4, 1956
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Diary Entry, August 14, 1956
Letter, J. Edgar Hoover to William H. Jackson, October 24, 1956 (cover letter to following:) The Communist Party and the Negro, October 1956
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Letter, Adam Clayton Powell to DDE, March 28, 1957
Memorandum, Maxwell Rabb to Sherman Adams, April 17, 1957
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Memorandum, E. Frederic Morrow to Sherman Adams, June 4, 1957
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Memorandum, Maxwell Rabb to Sherman Adams, June 24, 1957
Memorandum, Maxwell Rabb to Sherman Adams, September 27, 1957
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Memorandum, Maxwell Rabb to Sherman Adams, November 12, 1957
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Memorandum for the Record, Meeting of Negro Leaders with the President – June 23, 1958, June 24, 1958
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Letter, Roy Wilkins (NAACP) to DDE, June 25, 1958
Memorandum, Rocco Siciliano to DDE, June 25, 1958
Letter, DDE to Ralph McGill, February 26, 1959
Memorandum, prepared by E. Frederic Morrow entitled Student Protest Movement in the South, March 7, 1960
