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Executive Order 9981
On July 26, 1948, President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services. This historic document can be viewed here.
- Click on the document to the left to see a larger version of the first page of Executive Order 9981
- Click here to see the second page of Executive Order 9981
- Desegregation of the Armed Forces - Student research file now online
- A text version of Executive Order 9981 is available here
- Chronology of events surrounding the Desegregation of the Armed Services