Freedom to Serve: Truman, Civil Rights, and Executive Order 9981

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Routledge, 2013 - 203 pages

On the eve of America's entry into World War II, African American leaders pushed for inclusion in the war effort and, after the war, they mounted a concerted effort to integrate the armed services. Harry S. Truman's decision to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, which resulted in the integration of the armed forces, was an important event in twentieth

Jon E. Taylor gives an account of the presidential order as an event which forever changed the U.S. armed forces, and set a political precedent for the burgeoning civil rights movement. Including press releases, newspaper articles, presidential speeches, and biographical sidebars, Freedom to Serve introduces students to an underexamined event while illuminating the period in a new way.

Critical Moments in American History is a series of supplemental books designed specifically for undergraduate history courses, providing students with the opportunity to examine a specific event within the context of both narrative history and primary source documents.

 

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Introduction
1
1 Franklin Roosevelt African Americans and the Coming of World War II
4
2 Politics and the Quest for an Integrated Military 19371945
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3 Harry Truman and Civil Rights 18841945
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4 PostWar Utilization of the Military and the Creation of the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights 19451947
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5 Integration of the Military 19481953
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6 Historians Debate Trumans Civil Rights Record
120
Documents
134
Notes
170
Bibliography
183
Index
193
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