loc_afamodyssey_0901001r 0901001r afamodyssey loc yes Press release for Executive Order No. 9981, establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces Civil rights--United States African Americans--Civil rights Race discrimination--United States Social justice--United States United States--Armed Forces--African Americans Executive orders--United States Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 This press release includes the full text of Executive Order 9981, issued by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948. This mandated "there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin." The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress) eng Executive orders http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0901001r.jpg image/jpeg NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998. 1948-07-26 Washington (D.C.) 20090616 151939