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President Harry Truman, stymied by legislative inaction on ending military segregation, took pen to paper and ended it with Executive Order 9981, July 26, 1948.
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Lawrenceville, NJ - President Harry Truman, stymied by legislative inaction on ending military segregation, took pen to paper and ended it with Executive Order 9981, July 26, 1948.


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