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Anniversary of the Desegregation of the Armed Forces Monday, July 28, 2008
Dennis celebrates the anniversary of desegregation among the U.S. Armed Forces at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum. President Truman ordered the desegregation under Executive Order 9981, Desegregation of the Armed Forces, dated July 26, 1948.(L to R, Dennis, Congressman John Conyers, Jr., MI-14th, Congressman Ike Skelton , MO-4th and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II, MO-5th)