USA HISTORY

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: -On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order banning segregation in the Armed Forces.

Detailed explanation-3: -A major achievement of the post-war civil rights movement-and of Truman’s presidency-the event marked the first time a U.S. commander in chief had used an executive order to implement a civil rights policy.