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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

President Harry Truman signed Executive Order No. 9981 on July 26, 1948, which ordered the integration of the U.S. military. FM AP President Donald Trump banned transgender people serving in the U ...

Sixty-nine years ago on July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman issued an executive order abolishing racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces. "It is hereby declared to be the policy ...