Despite the legal segregation, were African Americans readily hired after executive order 9980? Explain

Even though the congress passed the executive order 9980, allowing african americans into the work force, racism was still in affect. president truman wanted to  desegregate everyone because he found from his committee on civil rights found that discriminatory practices pervaded federal agencies. with that evidence, president truman issued the order. truman appointed heads of each department or agency responsible.   within a year, eighteen agencies had desegregated, and some agency heads that had not cooperated were removed from their positions.