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Truman | Primary Source

The United Nations formed with the primary goal of maintaining international peace and security.

Truman | Primary Source

Read President Truman's declaration of Israel's Independence, 1948

Truman | Primary Source

Truman makes desegregation of the armed forces an official government policy.

Truman | Primary Source

Letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt about nuclear physicist Dr. Leo Szilard, 1945.

Truman | Primary Source

Letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt about the possible construction of nuclear bombs.

Truman | Primary Source

Letter from Secretary of War Henry Stimson to President Truman, informing him about the atomic bomb.

Truman | Primary Source

America and Europe organize for a common defense.

Truman | Primary Source

General Leslie Groves describes a weapon of mass destruction.

LBJ | Primary Source

LBJ announces that Sunday, April 7, 1968 will be a national day of mourning.

LBJ | Primary Source

Presidential candidate George C. Wallace denounces the Civil Rights Act.

LBJ | Primary Source

LBJ expresses solidarity with the civil rights struggle and asks Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act.

LBJ | Primary Source

The historic law that promoted equality for all Americans.