... government was forced to put black troops into combat. The African American units preformed with distinction. After World War II, the modern civil rights movement began to take shape. President Harry Truman, who succeeded Roosevelt following his death in 1945, was more supportive of the fight for racial equality than any president before him. Another culturally significant event took place in ... ...

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