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2. Who was Phillip Randolph?

  • Leader of the NAACP
  • Leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters which was the largest black union ever
  • One of Truman's advisors

3. What were executive orders 9980 & 9981?

  • Enforced segregation in the workplace
  • They ordered desegregation of the workforce and military
  • Separate but equal rule

4. What were Jim Crow laws?

  • Laws that enforced segregation
  • Laws stopping lynching
  • Laws that protected crows

5. What did Truman do on June 29th 1947

  • Met with MLK
  • He addressed the NAACP's 30th annual convention, he was the first ever president to do so
  • Make a speech about the Harlem Hell fighters

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