Executive Order 9980, issued in 1948, aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in the federal workforce, promoting equal employment opportunities for African Americans. While it marked a significant step towards desegregation and fairness, the actual hiring of African Americans did not immediately change across all sectors. Many faced persistent discrimination and barriers in both federal and private employment despite the order. Progress was gradual, with more substantial changes occurring during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
they were changed
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting
They made African Americans pass a test to prove they could read and write
It was the Executive Order which ordered Americans of Japanese descent and Japanese citizens living in America into internment camps.
Under an Executive Order, Americans interred Japanese-Americans.
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed African Americans from slavery.
You might be thinking of executive order 9066, which was issued in 1942 and ordered Japanese Americans to be sent to internment camps.
they were changed
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting
They made African Americans pass a test to prove they could read and write
It was the Executive Order which ordered Americans of Japanese descent and Japanese citizens living in America into internment camps.
Executive order 9066 was to put Japanese Americans in internment camps. It was wrong and harmed these citizens needlessly.
Saint Katharine Drexel
President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948 effectively desegregating the US Army.
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting.
Radical white southerners did everything in their power to oppose rights for African Americans. Namely, the white southerners would African Americans to take tests and pay outrageous fees in order to vote.
. . . sign Executive Order 9981 which was an executive order issued on July 26, 1948 by President Harry S. Truman . It abolished racial discrimination in the armed forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services .