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Morris J. MacGregor
b. 1931
A careful military historian, he is best known for tracing how the U.S. armed forces moved from segregation to integration. His work combined deep archival research with a strong interest in racial justice in American institutions.
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Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
by Morris J. MacGregor
About the author
Born in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 1931, Morris J. MacGregor Jr. studied history at the Catholic University of America, then continued graduate work at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Paris as a Fulbright scholar. He spent his career as a historian with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later the U.S. Army's Center of Military History.
MacGregor is best known for Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940–1965, a major study of desegregation in the U.S. military. He also wrote about the Black Catholic experience in the United States, showing a long-running commitment to documenting the history of race, institutions, and public life.
He died in 2018. Remembered as a serious and independent-minded scholar, he left behind work that still matters to readers interested in military history, civil rights, and the ways large institutions change over time.