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“Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation…” quote by Jimmy Carter — Download Open image

“Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation be ended in the military. I was serving in a submarine in the U.S. Navy at the time he issued the order.”

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