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Executive Order 9881
Executive order 9881 was an executive order issued by Harry S. Truman which abolished racial discrimination in the United States Army. This was important because the ending result to this happening was it eventually ended segregation in the services of the United States. Also this was a positive push towards ending racism in the United States -
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Top 10 Civil right Movements
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Brown vs Board of Education
Brown vs Board of Education was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be completely unfair & not reasonable. This was important because it changed the school system completely & got the citizens to look and notice what was happening with black children getting mistreated. This was the sky rocket to fix the school public system and stop the segregation.