Desegregation of the U.S. Military
Rawn James, author of The Double V: How Wars, Protest, and Harry Truman Desegregated America’s Military, and retired colonel Norma Jean Bradford… read more
Rawn James, author of The Double V: How Wars, Protest, and Harry Truman Desegregated America’s Military, and retired colonel Norma Jean Bradford discussed President Harry Truman’s executive order to desegregate the armed forces on July 26, 1948. The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum hosted this event. close
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