What prompted President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the military?
a. A. Phillip Randolph's threat of a boycott
b. the beginning of the Korean War
c. Soviet ridicule of American racism in the battlefield
d. the practical necessities of keeping up the Berlin Airlift
Answer: a. A. Phillip Randolph's threat of a boycott
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