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Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court case that held that racially restrictive housing covenants cannot legally be enforced.. The case arose after an African-American family purchased a house in St. Louis that was subject to a restrictive covenant preventing "people of the Negro or Mongolian Race" from occupying the property.
Executive Order 9981. Executive Order 9981 was an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman.It abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces.
February – Black History Month is founded by Carter Woodson's Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. The novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley is published. 1977. Combahee River Collective, a Black feminist group, publishes the Combahee River Collective Statement.
18.1 Knowledge of Black history. 18.2 ... of these units was a factor in President Harry S. Truman's order to end discrimination in the Armed Forces in July 1948, ...
January 12 – Khalid Muhammad, black supremacist (d. 2001) January 14. ... List of American films of 1948; Timeline of United States history (1930–1949) References
First African-American star of a nationwide network TV show: Nat King Cole of The Nat King Cole Show, NBC (See also: 1948) First African American to break the color barrier in a bowl game in the Deep South : Bobby Grier ( Pittsburgh Panthers in the 1956 Sugar Bowl ) [ 219 ]
Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...
1948 was a leap year ... making it the first country in history to do so. ... Lewis Black, American comedian; Fred Hampton, American activist (d. 1969)