The Civil Rights Movement
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US History [1]
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Executive Order 9981: President Truman desegregated the army, integrating the white soldiers with the African American soldiers: "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." Brown V. Board of Education: the Supreme Court unanimously agreed that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional; this ruling overturned the 1896 decision Plessy V. Ferguson, which sanctioned segregation of races ?separate but equal? claiming that separate educational facilities are not ?equal?