- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Title:
- Press release for Executive Order No. 9981, establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces
- Date of Original:
- 1948-07-26
- Subject:
- 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 - People:
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- executive orders
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- 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."
Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_afamodyssey_0901001r
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0901001r.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- NAACP Collection, Manuscript Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
Press release for Executive Order No. 9981, establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces
