Don’t miss this highlight of the Truman Civil Rights Symposium. Sharing their personal reflections on how E.O. 9981 shaped their lives and careers will be Brigadier General Terrence A. Adams, Director, Cyberspace Operations and Warfighter Communications, U.S. Air Force; Ambassador John L. Estrada, former United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago and 15th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; Admiral Michelle Howard (Ret.), the highest ranking African American in U.S. Navy history and first woman to achieve four-star rank in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces; and, Brigadier General Donald Scott (Ret.), the first graduate of HBCU Lincoln University to earn a star in the U.S. Army.

“Veteran Voices” will be moderated by Rawn James, Jr. A graduate of Yale University and Duke University School of Law, James has practiced law for two decades in Washington, D.C., where he lives with his wife and their two sons. He is the author of Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall and the Struggle to End Segregation and The Double V: How Wars, Protest and Harry Truman Desegregated America’s Military.

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This public program is offered in conjunction with the Truman Civil Rights Symposium, a three-day national commemoration honoring the 75th anniversary of President Truman’s executive order to desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, all events are offered free of charge. Learn more >