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Chester A. Franklin and Harry S. Truman: An African-American Conservative and the "Conversion" of the Future President
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| Title | Chester A. Franklin and Harry S. Truman: An African-American Conservative and the "Conversion" of the Future President |
| Abstract | Extensive article about the influence of Chester Franklin (1880-1955), "the African-American publisher of 'The Call,' a black Kansas City newspaper," starting in 1919, on future president Harry Truman (1884-1972), along with other "contradictory interpretations of Truman's attitudes toward African Americans." Photos and description of Franklin, born in 1880 in Texas, growing up "in all-black Nicodemus, Kansas," and arriving in Kansas City in 1913, a conservative anti-Democrat. |
| Notes | Page 77: "By playing a role in Truman's 'conversion' and supporting the future president in the critical 1940 campaign, Franklin inadvertently helped the Democrats take the lead in civil rights, consequently insuring the decline of his own philosophy." |
| Author | Thomas D. Wilson
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| Date | October 1993 |
| Source | Missouri Historical Review |
| Location | Periodical |
| Volume | 88 |
| Number | 1 |
| Page | 48-77 |
| See Also | Kansas City, America's Crossroads: Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, 1906-2006, MVSC 977.8411 K163, p.220. (Article has been reprinted in this book.) |
| Local Subject | Franklin, Chester A.
Journalists
African Americans
Truman, Harry S.
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Magazine Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 109197 |
| CONTENTdm number | 15397 |
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