Truman's 1948 Order That Tore the Military Apart July 26, 1948. President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the United States Armed Forces. This single act changed American history—but the fight to implement it lasted years. World War II had ended three years earlier in 1945. During that war, more than one million Black Americans served in the military, according to National Archives records. Of the 2.5 million African American males who registered for the draft through Dec
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