The Taft-Hartley labor law moderately restricted union activity. Truman raised the minimum wage and expanded Social Security. Truman desegregated the United States military. Legacy: Harry S. Truman ...

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Nancy Leftenant-Colon became the first African-American woman to serve in the desegregated ... when President Harry S. Truman signed the executive order ending segregation in the military ...