Remembering History: On Sept. 19, 1946, Truman met with civil rights officials who told him about Isaac Woodard being savagely beaten and blinded. When the state refused to prosecute the neighborhood watchman the president ordered action. For Truman, this was the defining moment of the civil rights crusade launched on Dec. 5, 1946, when he issued an executive order for the nation’s first civil rights commission. Truman went on to make executive orders to make our federal work force and armed forces shadeblind.

On Sept. 19, 1946, Truman met with civil rights officials who told him about Isaac Woodard being savagely beaten and blinded. When the state refused to prosecute the neighborhood watchman the president ordered action. For Truman, this was the defining moment of the civil rights crusade launched on Dec. 5, 1946, when he issued an executive order for the nation’s first civil rights commission. Truman went on to make executive orders to make our federal work force and armed forces shadeblind.

On Sept. 19, 1946, Truman met with civil rights officials who told him about Isaac Woodard being savagely beaten and blinded. When the state refused to prosecute the neighborhood watchman the president ordered action. For Truman, this was the defining moment of the civil rights crusade launched on Dec. 5, 1946, when he issued an executive order for the nation’s first civil rights commission. Truman went on to make executive orders to make our federal work force and armed forces shadeblind.