A planned protest by union leader A. Philip Randolph pushed President Truman to sign an order desegregating the military.

Name: A planned protest by union leader A. Philip Randolph pushed President Truman to sign an order desegregating the military.
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This statement is true. A. Philip Randolph threatened to lead a march on Washington to protest racial discrimination in the military unless President Truman desegregated the armed forces, which led to Truman signing Executive Order 9981 in 1948.

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