Jon Taylor

Freedom to Serve (eBook, PDF)

Truman, Civil Rights, and Executive Order 9981

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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. Including press releases, newspaper articles, presidential speeches, and biographical sidebars, Freedom to Serve introduces students to an underexamined event while illuminating the period in a new way.

Critical Moments in American History is a series of supplemental books designed specifically for undergraduate history courses, providing students with the opportunity to examine a specific event within the context of both narrative history and primary source documents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136174254
• Artikelnr.: 38258092

Autorenporträt

Taylor, Jon

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One Franklin Roosevelt, African Americans and the Coming of
World War II
Chapter Two Politics and the Quest for an Integrated Military, 1937-1945
Chapter Three Harry Truman and Civil Rights, 1884-1945
Chapter Four Post-War Utilization of the Military and the Creation of the
President's Committee on Civil Rights, 1945-1947
Chapter Five Politics and the President's Committee on Equality of
Treatment
And Opportunity in the Armed Services, 1948-1953
Chapter Six Historians Debate Truman's Civil Rights Record