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Past Harry S. Truman
Legacy Symposium Conferences
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2009
- Truman & Congress: A Conflicted Legacy
Topics of discussion included:
"Presidents Working with Congress, from Truman to Obama"
"Congress in the Truman Era"
"Domestic Policy"
"Foreign and Military Policy"
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2008
- The Immigration Legacy of Truman
Truman Little White House and Truman Presidential
Library sponsored a major educational event held in May 2008 on
the timely topic of immigration. Topics of discussion included:
"Immigration
Policy and Processes: A Federal Perspective"
Perspectives on Federal Policy and Federal Records Relating to Immigration
"Becoming a Citizen"
An oral history
and essay contest awards ceremony sponsored by the National Archives, Southeast
Region
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2007
- Truman's Legacy on The Environment
To learn more this past conference, 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 sixth anniversary
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
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
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
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 desegregation
of the US Armed Services, The de-segregation of the Federal work force and the requirement that federal
contractors hire minorities.
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2003 - Truman's
Legacy on National Security
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.
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