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The Desk · Actions · Executive order

Executive Order 9981

Signed
Jul 26, 1948
Kind
Executive order
Document
9981
Presidency
Harry S. Truman

Declared a policy of equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.

Why tracked

Ledger editorial note, not a Federal Register abstract.

Ordered desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces; a core mid-century civil-rights executive action.

Topics: civil-rights · military · historical

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