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Ksju [112]
3 years ago
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President Truman issued an executive order that desegregated the military in 1947. What position does he have to have to do so?

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mezya [45]3 years ago
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Answer:The enactment of Executive Order 9981 not only desegregated the U.S. military but paved the way for the civil rights movement as well. Before the order went into effect, African-Americans had a long history of military service. They fought in World War II for what President Franklin Roosevelt called the "four essential human freedoms," even though they faced segregation, racial violence and lack of voting rights at home.

When the United States and the rest of the world discovered the full extent of Nazi Germany's genocidal plan against Jews, white Americans became more willing to examine their own country's racism. Meanwhile, returning African-American veterans became determined to root out injustice in the United States. In this context, the desegregation of the military took place in 1948.

President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights

After World War II's end, President Harry Truman placed civil rights high on his political agenda. While details of the Nazis' Holocaust shocked many Americans, Truman was already looking ahead to the near-certain conflict with the Soviet Union. To convince foreign nations to align themselves with Western democracies and reject socialism, the United States needed to rid itself of racism and begin practicing in earnest the ideals of freedom and liberty for all.

In 1946, Truman established a Committee on Civil Rights, which reported back to him

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