President Truman’s Decision to Desegregate the Military and Civil Service
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: New February 2023! John Ross Truman, grand-nephew of President Harry Truman, explains Truman’s commitment to civil rights and his process and reasoning for his decisions to desegregate the military and civil service.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: US History-164**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Ask students to explain Executive Orders.
- Do your students have a sense of how radical these two Executive Orders were? Discuss the orders in the context of the time.
To learn more about presidential powers, check out the full program this segment is edited from: Constitution Day: Powers of the President 2. (Unique ID: Government-2)
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
