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Executive Order 9981. Executive Order 9981 was an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces. The Order led to the re-integration of the services during the Korean War (1950–1953). [1]
On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the U.S. military regardless of race. He appointed the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, two of whose five members were African American. In January 1949, the Fahy ...
The President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, or the Fahy Committee [1] was formed by President Harry S Truman as part of Executive Order 9981. [2] This committee consisted of Charles Fahy as chairman and six other members, two of whom were African-American.
Listed below are executive orders numbered 9538–10431 signed by United States President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953). He issued 896 executive orders. [9] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource, along with his presidential proclamations. Signature of Harry S. Truman
It would take over 50 years and a presidential order before the U.S. Army reviewed their records in order to award any Medals of Honor to black soldiers. This war marked the end of segregation in the U.S. military. In 1948 President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, officially ending segregation in the military.
Why Truman’s 1948 upset is no template for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, according to the expert who wrote the book on polling failure W. Joseph Campbell April 5, 2024 at 10:27 AM
On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the United States Armed Forces. A club central to the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, was a whites-only establishment, with blacks (such as Duke Ellington) allowed to perform, but to a white audience. [70]
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