How did President Truman’s Executive Order 9981 show progress toward racial equality?

Executive Order 9981, issued by President Truman in 1948, required equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services, regardless of race. It began the desegregation of the U.S. military, so the best answer is that the order ended segregation in the military. It did not establish housing programs or concern Japanese American internment camps.

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