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Executive Order 9981

Truman's executive order that began racial integration of the US armed forces; item in the National Archives and Records Administration's holdings
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Executive Order 9981

Summary

Executive Order 9981 is an United States executive order[1]. It draws 374 Wikipedia views per month (united_states_executive_order category, ranking #8 of 66).[2]

Key Facts

  • Executive Order 9981 authored Harry S. Truman[3].
  • Executive Order 9981's image is recorded as Executive Order 9981.jpg[4].
  • Executive Order 9981's instance of is recorded as United States executive order[5].
  • Executive Order 9981's maintained by is recorded as National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference[6].
  • Executive Order 9981's collection is recorded as National Archives and Records Administration[7].
  • Executive Order 9981's location is recorded as National Archives Building[8].
  • Executive Order 9981's part of is recorded as General Records of the United States Government (NAID 340)[9].
  • Executive Order 9981's part of is recorded as Executive Orders (NAID 299999)[10].
  • Executive Order 9981's Commons category is recorded as Executive Order 9981[11].
  • Executive Order 9981's publication date is recorded as +1948-07-28T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Executive Order 9981's point in time is recorded as +1948-07-26T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Executive Order 9981's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01q_zn[14].
  • Executive Order 9981's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 300009[15].
  • Executive Order 9981's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Executive-Order-9981[16].
  • Executive Order 9981's published in is recorded as Federal Register[17].
  • Executive Order 9981's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Executive Order 9981 dated July 26, 1948 in which President Harry S. Truman bans the segregation of the Armed Forces.'}[18].
  • Executive Order 9981's has effect is recorded as end[19].
  • Executive Order 9981's Executive Order number is recorded as 9981[20].
  • Executive Order 9981's BBC Things ID is recorded as 36f58c5c-c6e3-4269-96ed-1a5db689b66b[21].
  • Executive Order 9981's signatory is recorded as Harry S. Truman[22].
  • Executive Order 9981's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
  • Executive Order 9981's level of description is recorded as item[24].
  • Executive Order 9981's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as african-american-history/executive-order-9981-desegregation-armed-forces-1948-2[25].
  • Executive Order 9981's start of covered period is recorded as +1948-07-26T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Executive Order 9981's end of covered period is recorded as +1948-07-26T00:00:00Z[27].

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Works and Contributions

Executive Order 9981 authored Harry S. Truman[3].

Why It Matters

Executive Order 9981 draws 374 Wikipedia views per month (united_states_executive_order category, ranking #8 of 66).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Harry S. Truman public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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