On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, committing the U.S. government to integrating the segregated military. Read and see the document here.

The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union at the onset of the Cold War.  Students will analyze primary and secondary sources in this lesson, and they will work independently as well as in a group.