Historical Organization

Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training

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Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training

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Pressure for military equality precedes Executive Order 9981

📅 26 July 1948

President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services regardless of race, colour, religion or national origin. Black veterans...