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struggle4progress

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Thu Jul-06-06 10:34 PM
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9. .. October 29, 1947: The President's Committee on Civil Rights ..

.. .. condemns segregation wherever it exists and criticizes specifically segregation in the armed forces. The report recommends legislation and administrative action "to end immediately all discrimination and segregation based on race, color, creed or national origin in...all branches of the Armed Services." ...

January 1948: President Truman decides to end segregation in the armed forces and the civil service through administrative action (executive order) rather than through legislation ...

July 29, 1948: President Truman states in a press conference that the intent of Executive Order 9981 is to end segregation in the armed forces ...

July 26, 1951: The Army announces that the integration of all its units in Korea, Japan and Okinawa will be completed within six months ...

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php?action=chronology

HARRY S TRUMAN!

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