In June 1776, for the first time in the United States Army's young history, ... On July 26, 1948, he issued Executive Order 9981 which called for the desegregation of the military.

75 years after desegregation order signed, work remains in United States Armed Forces People of color make up 40% of the military yet remain underrepresented in positions of senior leadership.

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 ...

On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman ordered desegregation of the U.S. military ... China has agreed to fast-track approvals for the shipment of rare earth minerals to the United States and ...

President Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of the United States military in 1948, but it took two more years for a special committee to lay out plans for how to do that.

Government officials and representatives gathered in Chicago to celebrate 75 years of the end of racial segregation in the United States military.

FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. (Army News Service, July 22, 2008) - Sixty years ago, the United States had two armies - a white Army and a black one - said a World War II veteran of an all-black infantry unit.

Bill Would Ban Discrimination in Military 75 Years After Racial Integration. ... the first African American female to serve in the United States Marine Corps in 1949," Gil Cisneros, ...

Jacksonville native releases book about military desegregation. By Paige Kelton, Action News Jax. July 26, 2018 at 3:46 pm EDT. ... a retired Lt. Colonel in United States Army." ...

After graduating high school, he went on to enlist in the United States Army and serve his country because he believed in it; because he’s a patriot and because like a lot of Black men his age ...

On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman ordered desegregation of the U.S. military. On July 26, ... The United States Department of Education said Friday that has opened investigations into ...

WASHINGTON — President Harry S. Truman forever changed the future course of history for America's military, when on July 26, 1948, he signed Executive Order 9981. With the stroke of a pen ...