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Truman and the Desegregation of the Military

KCUR

Published August 7, 2006 at 10:54 AM CDT

By Bill Anderson

Kansas City, MO – President Harry Truman desegregated the armed forces in the summer of 1948. Historians agree that this was a significant advance for civil rights, but debate how important it actually was. A recent discussion of Truman's executive order took place at the Gem Theater in Kansas City. KCUR's Bill Anderson was there and filed this report.