Labor leader and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, demanding an end to segregation and discrimination in the military draft. He warned that if these injustices were not abolished, he would call on Black youth to resist induction through civil disobedience. Randolph’s bold stance played a critical role in pressuring President Truman to issue Executive Order 9981, which desegregated the U.S. Armed Forces later that year.
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