President Harry S. Truman at his desk in 1945. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed one of the most consequential documents of ...

Four years after Johnson's induction, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order that barred segregation in all branches of the armed services. Executive Order 9981, issued on July 26 ...

This summer marks the 75th anniversary of a monumental moment in our nation’s history — the signing of Executive Order 9981, which desegregated the U.S. armed forces. The president who signed ...

July 26 marks the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9981, President Harry Truman’s order desegregating America’s armed forces. That directive helped shape the U.S. military into what it is ...

July 26 marks the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9981, President Harry Truman’s order desegregating America’s armed forces.. That directive helped shape the U.S. military into what it is ...

When President Harry S. Truman addressed the NAACP in June 1947, becoming the first United States president to address a civil rights ... religion and national origin,” Executive Order 9981 ...

That didn’t all change in a single day, but the tide most certainly turned when President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, formally integrating the nation’s armed forces.

People of color are underrepresented in military leadership, face bias in the military justice system and are more likely to be dishonorably discharged, Biden says.

Washington. President Harry Truman went around a stalemated Congress 75 years ago and issued an executive order to desegregate the military, offering a crucial victory for the Civil Rights Movement.

That didn’t all change in a single day, but the tide most certainly turned when President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, formally integrating the nation’s armed forces.