Wed, Feb 15 2023
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Subjects
Age Group
Ages 12 and up
Series
Presenter
John Bruce
Registration Required
President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, banning segregation in the armed forces and ordering full integration of all branches. Hear the story of how desegregation of the military became a reality despite considerable resistance to the President’s executive order.
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