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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452880103321

Autore

Taylor Jon E. <1968-, >

Titolo

Freedom to serve : Truman, civil rights, and Executive Order 9981 / / Jon E. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08152-8

1-283-87152-1

1-136-17425-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Critical Moments in American History

Disciplina

355.3/308996073

355.3308996073

Soggetti

African American soldiers - History - 20th century

African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century

African Americans - Segregation - History - 20th century

African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century

Civil rights - United States - History - 20th century

Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Segregation - Law and legislation - United States - History - 20th century

Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Truman, Harry S. - Political and social views

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Political and social views

United States

United States - Armed Forces - African Americans - History - 20th century

United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century

United States. President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. Freedom to serve

Segregation - History - Law and legislation - 20th century - United States

African American soldiers - History - 20th century - United States

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th Century

Civil rights - History - 20th century

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Military Administration



Electronic books.

United States Armed Forces African Americans History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-192) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Freedom to Serve; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Introduction; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Timeline; Introduction; 1 Franklin Roosevelt, African Americans, and the Coming of World War II; 2 Politics and the Quest for an Integrated Military, 1937-1945; 3 Harry Truman and Civil Rights, 1884-1945; 4 Post-War Utilization of the Military and the Creation of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, 1945-1947; 5 Integration of the Military, 1948-1953; 6 Historians Debate Truman's Civil Rights Record; Documents; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

On the eve of America's entry into World War II, African American leaders pushed for inclusion in the war effort and, after the war, they mounted a concerted effort to integrate the armed services. Harry S. Truman's decision to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948, which resulted in the integration of the armed forces, was an important event in twentieth century American history. In Freedom to Serve, Jon E. Taylor gives an account of the presidential order as an event which forever changed the U.S. armed forces, and set a political precedent for the burgeoning civil rights movement