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On july 26th, 1948, president harry truman signed an executive order to end racial segregation in the u.s. armed forces. take a look at the headline that day. "president truman wipes out segregation in armed forces." black soldiers who fought and died for their country were now preparing for a different war here at home. what followed were the marches on washington, the voting rights act, and the end of the so-called era of separate but equal. and today we have our first african-american attorney general. and though we have much more work to do, we see progress every day in our first african-a...

And harry truman, when he learned of this in the oval office exclaimed my god, i had no idea it was as bad as that. if this is any point at which i would say president truman decided once and for all that he was going to desegregate america's military, i believe it was when he learned of the blinding of isaac woodard. >> and you know medgar evers was also a veteran who was killed fighting for the rights to vote in mississippi. rawn james jr., thank you for joining us. the book is called "double v." the most radical vote of suppression bill in the country is law because these kinds of things we...

Cell the next day blind. and harry truman, when he learned of this in the oval office exclaimed my god, i had no idea it was as bad as that. if this is any point at which i would say president truman decided once and for all that he was going to desegregate america's military, i believe it was when he learned of the blinding of isaac woodard. >> and you know medgar evers was also a veteran who was killed fighting for the rights to vote in mississippi. ron james jr., thank you for joining us. the book is called "double v." the most radical vote of suppression bill in the country is law because ...

She should have hung the jury. carolyn stood up for maddy saying none of us know the kind of pressure put on this woman. and nell says the juror system is very flawed. stronger people convince others that they are right. we'll have much more on juror b29 and growing questions about the stand your ground law in florida. that's coming up. but first, we want to hear what you think too. please head over to face book and search "politicsnation" and like us to join the conversation that keeps going long after the show ends. begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day ...

Harry truman signed an executive order to end racial segregation in the u.s. armed forces. take a look at the headline that day. "president truman wipes out segregation in armed forces." black soldiers who fought and died for their country were now preparing for a different war here at home. what followed were the marches on washington, the voting rights act, and the end of the so-called era of separate but equal. and today we have our first african-american attorney general. and though we have much more work to do, we see progress every day in our first african-american president. but much pr...