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The Supreme Court Decision of Plessy v. Ferguson
can alter how laws are interpreted or even deem them unconstitutional. it upheld the concept of "separate but equal," -
The Tuskegee Airmen
they served as fighter pilots, mostly escorting bombers over Italy and other parts of occupied Europe
their exceptional performance as fighter pilots during World War II, despite facing extreme racial discrimination, -
The Integration of Major League Baseball
he became the first African American to play in the modern era -
The Integration of the Armed Forces
President Harry S. Truman is credited with the integration of the Armed Forces, achieved through his signing of Executive Order 9981
effectively ending segregation within the military based on race, color, religion, or national origin
it marked the first major federal action to desegregate a large institution -
5. The Supreme Court Decision of Sweatt v. Painter 6. The Supreme Court Decision of Brown v. Board of Education
the court ruled that Heman Sweatt, an African American man, must be admitted to the University of Texas Law Schoo