Although President Truman presided over major advances in civil rights, desegregating the government and armed forces, there was little in his background to give NAACP leaders hope of progress. | American Experience | PBS

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59K views · 615 reactions | Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower both presided over the early years of the Cold War. This week on "Speeches that Defined a Presidency" we feature Truman's 1949 inaugural address, Eisenhower's "Little Rock Crisis" in 1957, and Ike's 1961 farewell address where he warns of a growing "military-industrial complex." | American History TV | Facebook