Want to Build Companies and Countries that Change the World? Embrace Diversity

Adam F. Caplan
Jul 28, 2017 · 4 min read
Photo by Nicolai Berntsen on Unsplash

On July 26, 1948 President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the armed forces of the United States. He explained: “it is essential that there be maintained in the armed services of the United States the highest standards of democracy, with equality of treatment and opportunity for all those who serve in our country’s defense.” The…

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