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leftstreet

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Wed Jul 26, 2017, 11:42 AM Jul 2017

Irony. July 26, 1948 Truman desegregates the military

On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, committing the government to integrating the segregated military.

https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=84


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Irony. July 26, 1948 Truman desegregates the military (Original Post) leftstreet Jul 2017 OP
Next atreides1 Jul 2017 #1
Not ironic nor coincidental Pachamama Jul 2017 #2
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