which brings us to harry truman? so by the time harry truman becomes president walter is a political force in america. he is the face of black power and you ask yourself how amazingly ironic that is with white skin blue eyes and blonde hair. um, he forged this relationship with for a very. interesting reason, but the reasons are obvious, but he became friendly with truman then. this happened now what you're looking at here. that's former heavyweight champion. joe lewis on your left. and that is unknown figure and you're right and in the middle is a man named isaac woodard and isaac woodard's story was incredible and indicative of something very scary in america at the time. there were isaac woodard comes home from war he's wearing his uniform. army, uniform metal printed pin to his chest. he is carrying his papers from being released from the army with the mimeograph signature of harry truman on it. and he's empowered all of these men are coming back from war they served their country. and black soldiers didn't want

did and truman proved it. by coming and giving the speech that at the time walter white thought was going to be political suicide, but it turned out not to be. um, i'm gonna play a little clip of it. one two three i should like to talk to you briefly about civil rights. and human freedom it is my deep condition. that we have reached the turning point. in the long history of our country's efforts. to guarantee freedom any quality to all our citizens? okay, which brings us sort of to the end of my talk. i'm going to solve the mystery that i brought up at the beginning. why don't we know who this man is today? well that's answered the question. here you see walter. this is in the 1930s. he's chief executive at the naacp. he's a become a political powerhouse to his right as his son walter jr. walter carl darrell white. behind him is his wife gladys. and they're living openly harlem is about black family. the same time walter was often attacked because of his identity people like wbb dubois became his nemesis becau

and the da's office arrested conrad truman.with his wife's murder. >> my mom called me and i fell to the ground, crying and so happy that he was finally behind bars. >> going into trial, what did you think? >> i thought we had a strong circumstantial case. >> at trial, the prosecution argued domestic violence ending in homicide. the defense? self inflicted gunshot wound. the jury sided with the state. conrad truman was convicted of 's murder. >> it was like, finally, got him. finally got him. >> and as far as you knew, that was it? >> that was it. >> did you think that was it? >> i did. >> but if you think that was it, well, then you haven't been watching enough "dateline". >> coming up -- heidy's heartbreak. >> she did not know her dad and she had always wanted that. that really bothered her. >> and conrad truman's hope. >> this is going to work out. it has to because i didn't do this. >> when "dateline" continues. i love my new home. i always wanted a house with historic architecture... but it might be too victorian? oh gosh,

so truman articulated who was called the truman doctrine. which is key -- which he announced, and was key -- announced that it was the duty of the united states to uphold global freedom and that communism must be contained. that national security depends on nuclear power, a strong military, and civilian preparedness to mobilize in defense of peace. and in this in 1950, he initiated the federal civil defense administration, which was charged with creating a national civil defense program ask. the first director spoke enthusiastically of a new home front for the cold war propelled by a growing consciousness of the need for civil defense. message of the early fcda propaganda proved simple. if americans embraced the concept of civil defense they could survive a nuclear war. while the u.s. military experimented with a variety of indoctrination projects to sculpt the perfect nuclear soldier. the fdca arrived at this for the civilians. the organization launched a range of leaflets, tours, short films, hoping to mold the civilian into a new theater

this is an early picture of truman president truman with churchill at winston churchill and joseph stalin the world leaders at the global leaders at this point and looking pretty happy at the end of the world though. we new trouble was brewing certainly before the end of the war george cannon wrote the the long telegram a famous document studied and is worth studying many times over and he wrote it from from russia, and it's called long the long telegram because indeed it's very long for a telegram spanning soviet culture and other other issues it became the basis for what was called the containment theory of dealing with the soviet. in other words if you contained the soviet union because of the nature of the people indeed the entire culture and political system would implode so it was known as the containment theory. however if we read the document there is lots of information about culture about people's and even about the threats to americans via women religious organizations labor unions all of which we see in these cards. so truman articulated what was called the the truman doctrine

s. president harry s truman and british prime minister, winston churchill on july 26th, churchill, was replaced by the newly elected prime minister clement atlee. this last major conference of the war time alliance was intended to amicably settled the terms of the post war european order. instead, it marked the beginning of a clash between 2 systems, communism and capitalism, and the start of the cold war. under the marshall plan, the truman administration ultimately provided economic assistance to 16 western european countries. the countries that had been liberated by the red army remained in the soviets own of influence. germany was divided into full zones of occupation as well as the capital berlin after an 11 month blockade in which stolen tried to cut the western zones at berlin off from vital supplies. the division of germany became official. as did the division of europe, an iron curtain divided the continent into, into east and west blocks. the cold war had the world firmly in its grip. on march 5th, 1953 stolen died. 4 days later, he was honored with a state funeral. soviet ci

and truman took his case up. he was talked to by the naacp. and you know truman was a real hero when it came to civil rights. he is rarely given credit for it. he was the first presidential candidate ever to campaign in harlem. truman said to his attorney general, you have got to look into this. and if necessary, and if right, bring charges against this chief of police. that was just unheard of in the south in 1946. >> was this around the same time that truman integrated the armed forces? >> oh, god, no. i mean, yes, it was the first time. that was about 1950. >> okay. >> but, he was the first to try. it didn't really happen then, but he was the first to make it a policy. anyway, woodard was blind for the rest of his life and never knew that truman had come in for him that, in fact, a trial took place, and the judge in the trial was absolutely on woodard's side and actually set a bunch of precedents for civil rights law. in the time going forward, was alienated from his town. and that woodard never knew about any of this. >> this judge, who wa

i mean people once truman did plain a man donovan wrote a two volume biography of truman truman was starting when i at that arab, let's say called the early 80s had gone through a full bore the america loved harry truman and atchison was now starting to be seen as the architect of the cold war atchison's won the pulitzer prize for his memoir present at the creation. so george canon and dean atchison were in the mix later while i was working on my book walter isaacson and evan thomas wrote their book the wise men which was the and was the joint story of abrahaman atchison robert. love it john jay mccoy chip bowlen and george cannon. and it's a group portrait and i was worried like oh, maybe they got into my you know, they and they hadn't so it was actually a useful tool and quince's life. my dean atchison book got reviewed by evan thomas for the new york times. very favorably. was that a dissertation you were doing my phd dissertation at georgetown on two volumes. i did it was very long and and then i got i there was a professor at yale named gaddis smith. and he had written a volume on ash i

well, the vice president, truman becomes president now. there was no explanation to her -- she was a young teenager. but is that fdr -- when fdr died, flags in moscow were hung at half staff. it was a world-shaking event. people just couldn't believe it. and of course, you know, it was tragic, too. i mean, obviously death is always tragic. but he was only 63 years old. but he was carrying the burdens of the world. he was obviously strict within polio. that had to affect him healthwise including his circulation. he was a good eater, but he didn't eat healthy foods. he, you know, ate a lot of butter and bread and fatty foods and things like that. he had his fives -- what eleanor called his five cs. every afternoon at 5:00 he would make himself an old-fashioned or a manhattan, those were his two favorite drinks. he was not drinking heavily, but enough to cause damage. then he smoked two to three packs a day of filterless luckies. i know, filterless luckies are death on wheels. all the burden of running the united states government, and runnin

by truman was a very good one for what macarthur did? and in 1945 as concentration camps for being liberated. what was the overall feeling from america and other ally countries when they saw the horror and devastation of what was in these camps, you know, it's interesting. is that some of the major newspapers? started in april 45 started reporting on these discovered death camps. and by the way, is that when you think of europe you think you know about world war two you think about triplinka you think of auschwitz something there were dozens of nazi death camps all over europe all over poland hungry germany, there were dozens of them. it wasn't just the big one. so ones that get the notoriety there were little ones too americans were so war weary after it and it was it was a crime so big and so monstrous a lot of people in didn't believe it just didn't have enough information. they just couldn't comprehend of it, but the major newspaper so say before would report on for instance new york times reported on the discovery of auschwitz, but

once truman did plain speaking and a man, don know van wrote a two-man biography of truman. he had gone through a full born -- america loved harry truman. and acheson won the pulitzer prize. so george cannon and dean -- which was the -- and it was the joint story of dean acheson, robert lovet, john j. mccoy, and it's a group port rat, and i was worried like uh-oh, maybe they got into my -- and they hadn't. so it was actually a useful tool. and my dean acheson book got reviewed. >> was that a dissertation you were doing? >> it was on two volumes i did. it was very long, and then i got -- there was a professor at yale named gattis smith, and he had written a volume on acheson, a book once. and i talked to him, and he said why don't you submit your book to university yale press. so i wrote them a letter, and they do peer review, collect letters, and yale decided to publish it. i was just ecstatic. getting reviewed by evan thomas and the new york republic of books and all that was heavy stuff. i tell students today, do your dissertation that can get published. do something -- yo

. >> i justified loved "truman." and truman is not my favorite president, but i thought the way he dealt with truman was great. i thought the way edmund morris dealt with theodore roosevelt was great. also the way mccullough dealt with truman." doris kearns goodwin's "no ordinary time" about the relationship between fdr and eleanor, which was just incredible. i read so many of them, they're all very good. the differences, some biographies have more literary style to them. >> what about early presidents and biographies? >> i love ron chernow. i reviewed it, i still think his george washington biography is just tremendous. the washington one-volume, up to that point i liked flexner's biography of washington as a single volume. but he nailed it, ron chernow, in that washington book. >> did you see "hamilton"? >> "hamilton" is extraordinary, a cultural moment. it still resonates in the sense that all of the music was just phenomenal, just from a musical point of view. but it had a deep impact on connecting hip-hop cultur

henry stimson stayed there under truman for a time. he wanted to continue the continuity as long as possible. most people would agree once he found his sea legs he was a good president. i would not rate him in the top four, but i would rate him high, what he did for the military and things like that were nobly handled. host: this is brian, an independent. caller: a different generation, bringing the normandy, the u.s. military cemetery of normandy. more people should know about that. that changed my life as a young man serving in the navy. my father was a world war two marine gunnery sergeant. i did not know that until the mid-1960's. as a young boy, i found a uniform in the back of a closet. it was clean. i brought it down and my mom said cannot you put that back -- and my mom said, you put that back. i found notes recently from that timeframe and he said, i always knew there was people in the world and remember to forgive. he was a highly successful man, tough, but he was quiet. but every day he worked. he worked hard. he was a good

follow remains my gold standard why i just loved truman and truman's not my favorite president, but i thought the way that he dealt with truman was great. i thought the way edmond morris dealt with theodore roosevelt was great also the way mccullough dealt with truman. i love doris kearns's particularly or no ordinary times about her relationship between fdr and eleanor which was which was you know in just incredible. you know, i'm read so many of them. they're all very good. the differences some biographies have more literary style to them. what about early presidents and biography. i love around cherno. i thought i reviewed it and i still think his george washington biography is just tremendous. i don't think it he got so much attention for hamilton and then he listens. he says grant but the ten one volume up until that point. i liked flexner's biography of washington as a single volume, but he nailed it around cherno and that washington book. did you see hamilton? yeah, hamilton is an extraordinary a cultural moment and it's still resonates in the sense that all of the music was ju

an image is known the most for who she is as a person. young woman, like you no, i'm not like that trumanapote, was considered too elegant he wanted to see his heroine. like a night butterfly, they are an elegant and graceful girl who immediately stands out from everyone else. she takes on the role that was intended for marilyn monroe as a defiant facade hiding a confused and insecure girl. she really betrayed this hall and gave completely different qualities. after all, in essence holly was a call girl to her depth. on river wonderful song written for odrin ona she sang beautifully, but she lacked the range her performance was full of feeling, but something was wrong and in the end a solution was found after a preview. they were sitting at the head of the studio, and he said, this is a damn monrever song, we need to throw it out and she jumped up, saying. only over my dead body. she understood that the song was a hit, she felt it and cherished her performance , this episode went down in history as one of the highlights of the film, she understood what was important for the film. and what

we need to make the alter records non existent, mary truman, her. but the lines need the red army in the far east, where the one and a half 1000000 strong quinton army is waiting. the us and britain had a hard time retaking several islands from japan and would welcome some help with a japanese read the most was the idea that the soviet might come in the pacific war . truman understood this solid assures that the russians are coming it schedule true and right. it is. diary test dollar will be in the jap, poor by august, 15th finney. japs when that occurs. ah, the invincible cleansing army was able to hold out for just 20 days. ah, the red armies outstanding, manchurian operation ended in complete victory. ah, but even those of new military reasons for it to russia, it's like a sucky with bond or a bond was not actually dropped on japan. it was dropped on the soviet union as a warning of what's going to have to sell viet if they interfered with americans post war plant. ah ah ah oh, is your media a reflection of reality? ah, in the world transformed w