U. S. O. for Colored Service Men Opens at Harvard Air Base

The military, like much of society, was segregated through most of our history. This article in the Harvard Courier described the U. S. O. for colored service men at Harvard Air Base in 1943.

Executive Order 9981 was issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished discrimination "on the basis or race, color, religion or national origin" in the U. S. Armed Forces.