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This is an image of the front page of the Chicago Defender newspaper for July 31, 1948, with the lead story announcing that President Harry S. Truman had issued Executive Order 9981 ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces. The placement of the story shows the importance that the African-American community attached to Truman's action. This image appears at [1] as part of a Library of Congress educational exhibit. The full-size digital image appears at: [2]

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(del) (cur) 18:51, 15 October 2005 . . Cuppysfriend (Talk | contribs) . . 559×750 (153,638 bytes) (This is an image of the front page of the Chicago Daily Defender newspaper for July 31, 1948, with the lead story announcing that President Harry S. Truman had issued Executive Order 9981 ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces)