Executive Order 9981 - Banning Segregation in the Armed Services
This is the first page of an Executive Order signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, declaring the equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The Executive Order established the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces. The purpose of the seven-member advisory committee was to oversee the rules, procedures, and practices of the armed forces to ensure that equality principles were followed and implemented.
- Artist
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Date of Work
- July 26, 1948
- Type
- Document
- Credit
- National Archives and Records Administration
