70th Anniversary of the Desegregation of America’s Military

Thursday July 26, 2018 • 5:30 p.m. • Harry S. Truman Library • See website

5:30 p.m.

Please join the Truman Library on the 70th anniversary of this important date—July 26, 2018—for a special event commemorating numerous actions Truman took to advance civil rights, including convening the President’s Committee on Civil Rights and signing Executive Orders 9980 and 9981. Retired Col. Norma J. Bradford will share her insights on her career in the U.S. Army and her rise from second lieutenant to colonel. Bradford will be joined by Rawn James, author of Double V: How Wars, Protest and Harry Truman Desegregated America’s Military. Their conversation will focus on the historical impact of Truman’s executive order to desegregate the military and view it through the lens of Bradford’s military career.