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Desegregation of the Armed Forces

This collection focuses on President Truman's decision to desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces. The collection includes documents covering the years 1938 through 1953. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, a chronology, and the text of Freedom to Serve, the final report of the Fahy Committee.

African-American and white soldiers at a base in Italy during World War II. Source: United States Army.

Documents

1938

1939

1940