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Freedom to Serve

Jon Taylor
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African American military history
Anti-lynching Bill
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civil rights
civil rights activism strategies
Civil Rights Section
Cold War Civil Rights
Colored Women's Clubs
desegregation of armed forces
Dunbar High School
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Executive Order 9981
Fahy Committee
Federal Anti-lynching Bill
Federal Anti-lynching Law
Fort Huachuca
Harry S. Truman
historical case studies integration
integration
Jackson County
Kansas City Call
Kansas Colored Volunteers
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
military
military segregation policy analysis
Pendergast Machine
Permanent FEPC
post-World War Ii
presidential policy impact
race
Special Programs Unit
Truman's Civil Rights
Truman's Executive Orders
twentieth century US history
Universal Training
Vinson Court
WAAC
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World War II
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415894494
  • Weight: 560g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Oct 2012
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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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. Including press releases, newspaper articles, presidential speeches, and biographical sidebars, Freedom to Serve introduces students to an under-examined event while illuminating the period in a new way.

For additional documents, images, and resources please visit the Freedom to Serve companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/criticalmoments

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