PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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an antilynching law
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an antidiscrimination law
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the desegregation of the military
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the federal protection of voting rights.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, creating the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. The order mandated the desegregation of the U.S. military.
Detailed explanation-2: -The arrest, beating and blinding of African American veteran Isaac Woodard by Batesburg, South Carolina police on February 12, 1946-hours after he was honorably discharged from the United States Army, and while still in uniform-caused a national furor and helped inspire Harry Truman’s move to desegregate the military.
Detailed explanation-3: -On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order banning segregation in the Armed Forces.
Detailed explanation-4: -Truman served during World War I as a Field Artillery officer, and continued in the Organized Reserve Corps until he retired in 1953.