President Truman 1948 U.S. Military Desegregation Executive Order
Librarian of Congress' Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman’s desegregation of the United States military with… read more
Librarian of Congress' Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman’s desegregation of the United States military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. Her guests were Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and Judge Richard Gergel, author of Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring. close
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