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



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Autore: Taylor Jon E. <1968-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Freedom to serve : Truman, civil rights, and Executive Order 9981 / / Jon E. Taylor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
Disciplina: 355.3/308996073
355.3308996073
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces African Americans History 20th century
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
Titolo autorizzato: Freedom to serve  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-17424-9
0-203-08152-8
1-283-87152-1
1-136-17425-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910823816203321
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Serie: Critical Moments in American History