The President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity was formed by President Harry S Truman as part of Executive Order 9981

Executive Order 9981

Executive Order 9981 is an executive order issued on July 26, 1948 by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. It expanded on Executive Order 8802 by establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all races, religions, or national origins."In 1947, Randolph, along...

. This committee consisted of Charles H. Fahy

Charles H. Fahy

Charles Fahy served as Solicitor General of the United States and later as a United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit....

 as chairman and four other members, two of whom were African-American. The committee's main purpose was to oversee successful racial integration

Racial integration

Racial integration, or simply integration includes desegregation . In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely...

of the US Armed Forces.

President Truman abolished the commission on July 6, 1950, on what he termed successful completion of integration in the armed forces.