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Harry S. Truman
Legacy Symposium
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Truman Little White House and Truman
Presidential Library will once
again sponsor a major educational event on May 16th and 17th, 2008 on the timely
topic of immigration.
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2008 Legacy Symposium
on Immigration
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The Immigration
Legacy of Harry S. Truman.
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View
the full
schedule of our May 16-17 Symposium.
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Information on this upcoming symposium. We also have Hotel
Registration from the Beachside Resort and Conference
Center for our guests and don't forget to check out the Activities
and Tours information for great Key West fun!
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2007
Truman's Legacy on The Environment
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To learn more about
our past conferences, please listen to our keynote
address from our fifth annual Truman Legacy Symposium held in June,
2007 on "Truman and the Environment: Los Alamos to the Everglades". This was the sixith anniverary
of President Truman's dedication of the Everglades National Park on December 6,1947.
Listen to the dedication given by President Truman.
The conference was
chaired by Dr. Karl Brooks of Kansas University. Click on these Quicktime links to hear Michael Grunwald,
former Washington Post columnist and now associated with Time Magazine, give the keynote
address:
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2006 Truman's
Legacy on Native Americans
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Many would argue
that President Truman did not have a Native American policy and that was the
reason the fourth symposium chose to consider it. Truman saw the plight of native
people and the reservation system as a civil rights issue. He would have preferred
the elimination of Indian reservations and the assimilation of native people
into the greater society. There were several major impacts on native people by
President Truman's administration. The GI Bill allowed native veterans the opportunity
to obtain a college education and become teachers, doctors and lawyers.
This, of course, led to additional opportunities in terms of Native people being
self determining. A major piece of legislation was the Claims Compensation Commission
that allowed Native people the opportunity to press their tribal claims in the
federal courts.
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2005 Truman's
Legacy on the Quest For Peace in the Middle East and the Creation of the State
of Israel
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On May 14,1948,
President Truman became one of the first world leaders to recognize the new State
of Israel.
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2004
Truman's Civil Right's Legacy
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President Harry
Truman was the first US President to address the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He created the first
Civil Rights Commission and was responsible for writing three additional Executive
Orders dealing with Civil Rights: The de-segregtion of the US Armed Services,
The de-segregation of the Federal work force and the requirement that federal
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2003 Truman's Legacy
on National Security
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The current US policies
toward national security comes largely from the
Truman Administration. The emergence of the United States as a
super-power and the Cold War response are a result of the post war years. Truman
is responsible for the Truman Doctrine, the formation of the CIA, the national
security council, and the policy of containment. |
