Truman strengthened his sustenance for racial equality by testifying
as such in his State of the Union speech to the NAACP, the first president to
do so, in 1947 and also in 1948. Truman’s progressively liberal attitude endangered
splitting his party and positioning his presidential proposition in 1948 in danger.
However in 1948, he was persistent in supporting civil rights by distributing
executive orders to desegregate or unify the military - a move that produced an
extensive disagreement and resentment from Truman’s political partners and opponents;
and set-up the Fair Employment Board to guarantee fair employment in the civil
service.
