Truman's upbringing shaped his perspective, influenced by his mother's beliefs and the prevailing views of the South regarding the War Between the States and Reconstruction. He spent his early years in Missouri, where segregation was accepted without much questioning, and his grandparents from both sides had owned slaves.
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