Editor’s Note: On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981, effectively desegregating the U.S. military. The move was a key event in the history of the U.S. military and the ...

On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed one of the most consequential documents of the 20th century. Executive Order 9981 desegregated the military years before the Supreme Court or ...

That didn’t all change in a single day, but the tide most certainly turned when President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, formally integrating the nation’s armed forces.

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 ...

WATERVLIET ARSENAL - In the summer of 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 that forever changed race relations at the U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal.

U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir unveiled a new street sign to commemorate Executive Order 9981, which desegregated the military 75 years ago.

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 ...

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Sixty-nine years ago on July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman issued an executive order abolishing racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces.

As we mark 75 years since the signing of Executive Order 9981, we find ourselves reflecting on the significance of President Harry S. Truman's trailblazing mandate to abolish racial segregation ...