When:
July 26, 2017 all-day
2017-07-26T00:00:00-06:00
2017-07-27T00:00:00-06:00
Where:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php
July 26, 1944. During WWII the US Army ordered desegregation of its training camp facilities. Later the same year black platoons were assigned to white companies in a tentative step toward integration of the battlefield. However, it was not until after the war July 26, 1948 that President Harry Truman signed an order officially integrating the armed forces.