Desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Executive_Order_9981
gptkbp:date	July 26, 1948
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:President's_Committee_on_Equality_of_Treatment_and_Opportunity_in_the_Armed_Services
gptkbp:formedBy	gptkb:Executive_Order_9981
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:activist African American veterans
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableCompany	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy	segregation in the U.S. military
gptkbp:purpose	end racial segregation in the U.S. military
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:resultedIn	increased integration of African Americans in the military
gptkbp:significance	milestone in U.S. civil rights history
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Harry_S._Truman_administration gptkb:Truman_administration
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6