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Executive Order 9981 Desegregating the Armed Forces of the United States Harry S Truman, The White House, 1948 Three years after the end of WWII, President Truman issued this executive order integrating the country’s military. With pressure from African American civil rights leaders and with recognition of the contribution that African American
Lesson Abstract. The students will read background material on civil rights movement relating to the armed services. They will analyze and discuss Executive Order 9981 and learn how the blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodward affected President Truman. After reading and class discussion, the students will express their thoughts in a writing activity.
Narrator Christina Greer. On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln legally changed the status of over 3 million people from “slave” to “free.”. But his emancipation proclamation wasn’t a law — it was an executive order. The framers of the American Constitution made this power available to the executive branch.
Executive Orders. Primary Documents: The President and African Americans. A Lesson Plan from the Education Department of the. The National World War II Museum. The National World War II Museum 945 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 504/527-6012. www.nationalww2museum.org.
These orders should focus on a national issue that they care about. Remind students that the president can only issue executive orders regarding matters within the executive branch of government. This will require some research into the president’s powers. Executive Order 8802 Establishing the Committee on Fair Employment Practice
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Pushing Towards Civil Rights. The push towards civil rights in the United States has been longstanding and is ever-evolving. While not encompassing, our civil rights unit covers the expansion and abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s, and the expansion of rights through court cases and laws.
