President Harry Truman banned racial discrimination in the military. The military was desegregated in 1948 with Executive Order 9981.
the military
Congress did not approve of President Truman's plan to end racial discrimination. Executive Order 9981 ended racial discrimination in the military.
He ordered desegregation of the military :) Nova NET
NAACP pressured President Truman to sign the Executive Order which banned discrimination by the Federal government.
Harry Truman
Harry S Truman
He ordered desegregation of the military :) Nova NET
U.S. president? That was Truman.
President Truman's efforts to end racial discrimination met with an obstinate Congress. Congress had a Republican majority that sought to block much of his legislation. The Democrats, on the other hand were split. Some felt Truman was committing political suicide bringing up the topic, and the southern Democrats opposed it because they were segregationists.
President Truman was a President of the United States.
Harry S. Truman