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Selective Force Discrimination Means
After the “Double V” campaign, in April, 1942, African Americans are admitted to the U.S. Marine Corps and for general service in the navy. Then on September 16, 1940 the Selective Service Act is introduced, with clauses prohibiting discrimination but not segregation. Officer training programs are opened for African Americans in the army. In 1941, January Randolph calls for a march on Washington of ten thousand African Americans to protest discrimination in the defense industries and subsequently publishes this call in Black Worker in March. The air-training program for black pilots begins at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In July 26, 1948, President Truman signs Executive Order 9980, prohibiting discrimination in the federal government and
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