Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
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Morris J. MacGregor. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965

Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965

Table of Contents

Illustrations

INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES 1940–1965

CHAPTER 1

Introduction

The Armed Forces Before 1940

Civil Rights and the Law in 1940

To Segregate Is To Discriminate

CHAPTER 2

World War II: The Army

A War Policy: Reaffirming Segregation

Segregation and Efficiency

The Need for Change

Internal Reform: Amending Racial Practices

Two Exceptions

CHAPTER 3

World War II: The Navy

Development of a Wartime Policy

A Segregated Navy

Progressive Experiments

Forrestal Takes the Helm

CHAPTER 4

World War II: The Marine Corps and the Coast Guard

The First Black Marines

New Roles for Black Coast Guardsmen

CHAPTER 5

A Postwar Search

Black Demands

The Army's Grand Review

The Navy's Informal Inspection

CHAPTER 6

New Directions

The Gillem Board Report

Integration of the General Service

The Marine Corps

CHAPTER 7

A Problem of Quotas

The Quota in Practice

Broader Opportunities

Assignments

A New Approach

The Quota System: An Assessment

CHAPTER 8

Segregation's Consequences

Discipline and Morale Among Black Troops

Improving the Status of the Segregated Soldier

Discrimination and the Postwar Army

Segregation in Theory and Practice

Segregation: An Assessment

CHAPTER 9

The Postwar Navy

The Steward's Branch

Black Officers

Public Image and the Problem of Numbers

CHAPTER 10

The Postwar Marine Corps

Racial Quotas and Assignments

Recruitment

Segregation and Efficiency

Toward Integration

CHAPTER 11

The Postwar Air Force

Segregation and Efficiency

Impulse for Change

CHAPTER 12

The President Intervenes

The Truman Administration and Civil Rights

Civil Rights and the Department of Defense

Executive Order 9981

CHAPTER 13

Service Interests Versus Presidential Intent

Public Reaction to Executive Order 9981

The Army: Segregation on the Defensive

A Different Approach

The Navy: Business as Usual

Adjustments in the Marine Corps

The Air Force Plans for Limited Integration

CHAPTER 14

The Fahy Committee Versus the Department of Defense

The Committee's Recommendations

A Summer of Discontent

Assignments

Quotas

An Assessment

CHAPTER 15

The Role of the Secretary of Defense. 1949–1951

Overseas Restrictions

Congressional Concerns

CHAPTER 16

Integration in the Air Force and the Navy

The Air Force, 1949–1951

The Navy and Executive Order 9981

CHAPTER 17

The Army Integrates

Race and Efficiency: 1950

Training

Performance of Segregated Units

Final Arguments

Integration of the Eighth Army

Integration of the European and Continental Commands

CHAPTER 18

Integration of the Marine Corps

Impetus for Change

Assignments

CHAPTER 19

A New Era Begins

The Civil Rights Revolution

Limitations on Executive Order 9981

Integration of Navy Shipyards

Dependent Children and Integrated Schools

CHAPTER 20

Limited Response to Discrimination

The Kennedy Administration and Civil Rights

The Department of Defense, 1961–1963

Discrimination Off the Military Reservation

Reserves and Regulars: A Comparison

CHAPTER 21

Equal Treatment and Opportunity Redefined

The Secretary Makes a Decision

The Gesell Committee

Reaction to a New Commitment

The Gesell Committee: Final Report

CHAPTER 22

Equal Opportunity in the Military Community

Creating a Civil Rights Apparatus

Fighting Discrimination Within the Services

CHAPTER 23

From Voluntary Compliance to Sanctions

Development of Voluntary Action Programs

Civil Rights, 1964–1966

The Civil Rights Act and Voluntary Compliance

The Limits of Voluntary Compliance

CHAPTER 24

Conclusion

Why the Services Integrated

How the Services Integrated, 1946–1954

Equal Treatment and Opportunity

Note on Sources

Official Archival Material

Personal Collections

Interviews

Printed Materials

Index

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1981 0–305-168

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Morris J. MacGregor

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that any person between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five regardless of race or color shall be afforded an opportunity voluntarily to enlist and be inducted into the land and naval forces (including aviation units) of the United States for the training and service prescribed in subsection (b), if he is acceptable to the land or naval forces for such training and service.[1–25]

The Wagner amendment was aimed at volunteers for military service. Congressman Hamilton Fish, also of New York, later introduced a similar measure in the House aimed at draftees. The Fish amendment passed the House by a margin of 121 to 99 and emerged intact from the House-Senate conference. The law finally read that in the selection and training of men and execution of the law "there shall be no discrimination against any person on account of race or color."[1–26]

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