• Executive Order 9981 - Banning Segregation in the Armed Services
    National Archives and Records Administration
    military
    documents
    Executive Order
    civil rights
    This is the first page of an Executive Order signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, declaring the equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The Executive Order established the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces. The purpose of the seven-member advisory committee was to oversee the rules, procedures, and practices of the armed forces to ensure that equality principles were followed and implemented.
  • Executive Order 9981 - Banning the Segregation of the Armed Forces
    National Archives and Records Administration
    military
    documents
    Executive Order
    civil rights
    This is the second page of an Executive Order signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, declaring the equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The Executive Order established the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces. The purpose of the seven-member advisory committee was to oversee the rules, procedures, and practices of the armed forces to ensure that equality principles were followed and implemented.
  • Executive Order from President Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln
    executive order
    This is an executive order from President Abraham Lincoln requesting that Company K of the 150th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers remain at the White House.