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Freedom to serve : Truman, civil rights, and Executive Order 9981 / Jon E. Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Jon E., 1968- author.
- Series:
- Critical Moments in American History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Political and social views.
- Truman, Harry S.
- United States. President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. Freedom to serve.
- United States.
- African American soldiers--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Segregation--History--20th century.
- Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
- Segregation--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.
- Truman, Harry S. - Political and social views.
- United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--History--20th century.
- Segregation--History--Law and legislation--20th century--United States.
- Segregation.
- African American soldiers--History--20th century--United States.
- African American soldiers.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights--History--20th century.
- Civil rights.
- Local Subjects:
- African American soldiers--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Segregation--History--20th century.
- Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
- Segregation--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.
- Truman, Harry S. - Political and social views.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Political and social views.
- United States.
- United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--History--20th century.
- United States. President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. Freedom to serve.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 century American history. In Freedom to Serve, 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
- Contents:
- Cover; Freedom to Serve; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Introduction; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Timeline; Introduction; 1 Franklin Roosevelt, African Americans, and the Coming of World War II; 2 Politics and the Quest for an Integrated Military, 1937-1945; 3 Harry Truman and Civil Rights, 1884-1945; 4 Post-War Utilization of the Military and the Creation of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, 1945-1947; 5 Integration of the Military, 1948-1953; 6 Historians Debate Truman's Civil Rights Record; Documents; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-192) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-17424-9
- 0-203-08152-8
- 1-283-87152-1
- 1-136-17425-7
- 9780203081525
- OCLC:
- 822025274
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