President Truman and the desegregation of the armed forces : A 50th anniversary view of Executive Order 9981 /

President Truman and the desegregation of the armed forces : A 50th anniversary view of Executive Order 9981 / by General Colin L. Powell.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powell, Colin L.
Corporate Author: National Legal Center for the Public Interest
Other Authors: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Legal Center for the Public Interest, 1998.
Series:Gauer distinguished lecture in law and public policy ; v. 8.
Subjects:
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
United States > Armed Forces > African Americans.
United States > Armed Forces > Race relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / William H. Webster.
  • The lecture / General Colin L. Powell.
  • Executive order no. 9981.
  • Harry S Truman's address before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, June 29, 1947.
  • Harry S Truman's special message to the Congress on civil rights, February 2, 1948.
  • The Emancipation proclamation and the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • Brown v. Board of Education.

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