print email comment close Integration of the Armed Forces URL: http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/integrate/welcome.html Description: "Segregation in the [U.S.] military services did not officially end until the Secretary of Defense announced on 30 September 1954 that the last all-black unit had been abolished." Site includes an armed forces integration chronology, and an illustrated history of African American military service during the colonial era, Civil War, World War I, and World War II. From Redstone Arsenal Historic Information. Publisher: Redstone Arsenal Historic Information Extra Keywords black WWI WWII one two first second LII Database Information: Record 27440 created by Maria Brandt on 12/09/2008 Last modification on 01/22/2009 Published: 01/22/2009   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27440