Reply #15: That's a very good point

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In some respects it would seem like a very minor achievement compared to all the advances of Johnson's Great Society programs.

But one has to put these things within the context of the times. At the time that Truman integrated the armed forces, that was considered a radical move, and probably a bad political move as well. But he did it because he knew it was the right thing to do.

And it's entirely possible that Truman's action prepared the ground for Johnson's programs, so that if Truman hadn't done what he did, Johnson might have been a whole lot less successful.