PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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What role did President Truman play in the advancement of the civil rights movement?
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He abolished Jim Crow Laws
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He ordered the end of discrimination
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He ordered the desegregation of the army
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He called for the passage of the Voting Rights Act
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Executive Order 9981, one of Truman’s most important achievements, became a major catalyst for the civil rights movement. When President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, calling for the desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces, he repudiated 170 years of officially sanctioned discrimination.
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