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this was a landmark decision of the us supreme court issued in 1896. it upheld the constitutionality of racial segration
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the playing of the amazing Jackie Robinson
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Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948) ... On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, committing the government to integrate the segregated military.