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July 26th

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  1. 1948
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    Truman desegregates the armed forces

    President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9981, declaring equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces. Full integration takes until the Korean War; the Marine Corps, the last segregated service, integrates its final all-Black units in 1951.

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