Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: transmittal of letter from Connelly informing Grant Reynolds that the president will be unable to meet with him and A. Philip Randolph to discuss issuance of an executive order ending military segregation and suggesting that he raise the matter with the secretary of defense instead, 1948
Tag Archives: Jim Crow
FBI Reports–Miscellaneous, 1943 (Folder 2 of 3). Hopkins Papers, Special Assistant to the President, Box 151.
Records from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation reports, including riots and March on Washington conference– starting on page 54, 1943
OF 10-B: Justice Department, FBI Survey of Racial Conditions in the U.S., Section 1 (Folder 2).
Federal Bureau of Investigation survey of U.S. racial conditions, 1939-1945
OF 10-B: Justice Department, FBI Reports 833-854, 1941.
From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation reports, including labor March on Washington Movement — starting on page 60, 1941
OF 10-B: Justice Department, FBI Survey of Racial Conditions in the U.S., Section 2 (Folder 2).
From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation survey of U.S. racial conditions, 1939-1945
Document 34: July 6, 1943 Letter with attachment
From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Memorandum on remaining sessions at the national convention of the March on Washington Movement in Chicago, 1943
Document 33: July 6, 1943 Letter
From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Report on the national convention of the March on Washington Movement in Chicago, Illinois, 1943
The Brownsville Affray
News article revealing new evidence on the Brownsville Affray, 1907
Congress and the Brownsville Affray
News article about a bill to reinstate soldiers discharged after the Brownsville Affray, 1908
The Debate on the Brownsville Affray
News article about the ongoing debates in the Senate concerning the Brownsville Affray, 1907
Senator Foraker on Brownsville
News article on Senator Foraker’s defense of the discharged soldiers in the Brownsville Affray, 1908
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Vol. 1
Hearing on the Brownsville Affray, 1907
A Review of the Testimony in the Brownsville Investigation
News article on Senator Foraker’s review of the testimonies given in the Brownsville Affray case, 1908
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Vol. 2
Hearing on the Brownsville Affray, 1907
Secretary Taft on the Brownsville Affair
News article on Secretary’s early summary of the Brownsville Affray, 1906
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Vol. 3
Hearing on the Brownsville Affray, 1907
The Brownsville Inquiry
News editorial on the innocence of the soldiers involved in the Brownsville Affray, 1907
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Convened at Headquarters Department of Texas, San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 4, 1907, in the Case of Maj. Charles W. Penrose, Twenty-fifth U.S. Infantry
Congressional Hearing: Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Proceedings of a General Court-Martial, 1907
Senator Foraker on Brownsville Case
News article on Senator Foraker’s defense of the discharged soldiers in the Brownsville Affray, 1908
Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Proceedings of a General Court-Martial Convened at Headquarters Department of Texas, San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 15, 1907 in the Case of Capt. Edgar A. Macklin
Congressional Hearing: Affray at Brownsville, Tex. Proceedings of a General Court-Martial, 1907
Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army; Order of the President Discharging Enlisted Men of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry; Messages of the President to the Senate; and Majority and Minority Reports of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs
Congressional Hearing: Brownsville Affray. Report of the Inspector-General of the Army, 1908
Summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, together with several documents, including a letter of General Nettleton, and memoranda as to precedents for the summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies.
House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray, report of Secretary of War, and additional testimony [enclosed with 5252 S.doc.402/1; copy of 5078 S.doc.155], 1906
Names of enlisted men discharged on account of Brownsville affray, with applications for reenlistment. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a Senate resolution of April 6, 1908, the names of the enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry discharged without honor on account of the Brownsville, Tex., shooting affray, who have applied for reenlistment under the order of the Secretary of War, and the statements submitted by them.
House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray: names of enlisted men discharged, 1908
Oscar W. Reid v. United States.
House and Senate Documents: Opinion rendered in case of Oscar W. Reid v. U.S., soldier discharged after Brownsville affray, 1908
Reinstatement of soldiers discharged from Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the extension of the time limit for the reinstatement of the soldiers discharged without honor from Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth Infantry.
House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray: reinstatement of soldiers discharged from companies B, C, and D, 25th Infantry, 1908