President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services

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The President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services was a federal advisory body created in 1948 to help implement racial desegregation and ensure equal treatment within the U.S. military.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government commission ⓘ
federal advisory committee ⓘ
appliesTo United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
appointedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Executive Order 9981 ⓘ
dissolved early 1950s ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights ⓘ
military policy ⓘ
racial desegregation ⓘ
follows earlier informal presidential efforts to address discrimination in the armed forces ⓘ
hasEffect accelerated desegregation of the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United States armed forces ⓘ
hasPurpose to assist in implementing racial desegregation in the U.S. military ⓘ
to promote equality of treatment and opportunity in the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
hasTask to examine practices of racial discrimination in the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
to recommend measures to ensure equal treatment and opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
legalBasis Executive authority of the President of the United States ⓘ
locationOfFormation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services ⓘ
partOf Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
significantEvent implementation of Executive Order 9981 ⓘ
subordinateTo President of the United States ⓘ
topic equal opportunity in military service ⓘ
racial integration of the U.S. military ⓘ

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Executive Order 9981 → established → President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services ⓘ