EntityQ5419908· pop 11· linked from 853 articlesExecutive Order 9981Sign in to saveTruman's executive order that began racial integration of the US armed forces; item in the National Archives and Records Administration's holdingsConnectionsWorld War IIConceptMahatma GandhiPersonMartin Luther King Jr.PersonFranklin D. RooseveltPersonNATOConceptHarry S. TrumanEntityDwight D. EisenhowerPersonMuhammad AliPersonLyndon B. JohnsonPersonInternational Standard Book NumberEntityWikisourceEntityKorean WarEntityPresident of the United StatesConceptCentral Intelligence AgencyEntityList of presidents of the United StatesConceptBernie SandersEntityMalcolm XPersonRosa ParksPersonAfrican AmericansEntityWayback MachineEntityCategories1948 in American law20th-century military history of the United StatesAfrican-American history between emancipation and the civil rights movementAfrican-American history of the United States militaryExecutive orders of Harry S. TrumanHistory of civil rights in the United StatesJuly 1948 in the United States