Congressional Hearings: Hearing on the Fair Employment Practices Act, 1944
Tag Archives: military
291.2–Race: Negroes [1940-1945].
National Archives Records: Discrimination against African American military personnel, employment of African Americans in defense industries, combat record of African American military units, and praise for African American personnel involved in D-Day operations, 1940-1945, 1940-1945
Confidential–291.2, Race: Negro (Army) [1942-1943].
National Archives Records: Status of 93rd Infantry Division, African American officers, public opposition to proposal to use African American personnel as guards at military bases and investigation of the 76th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 1942-1943, 1942-1943
332nd FG–Narrative Mission Reports, February-March 1945.
National Archives Records: Tuskegee Airmen, missions flown by the 99th, 100th, 301st, and 302nd Fighter Squadrons in Europe, February-March 1945, 1945
Negro March on Washington–Movement, D-R-2, File-57
National Archives Folder: March on Washington Movement and plans to deploy federal troops, 1941-1943
African Americans in the Military, Part 2: Subject Files of Judge William Hastie, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, D-M
National Archives Folder: March on Washington Movement, 1941, 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
Randolph, A. Philip
National Archives Folder: A. Philip Randolph oral history interview, 1968
Our War for Human Rights being an intensely human and brilliant account of the World War and why and for what purpose America and the allies are fighting and the important part taken by the Negro : including the horrors and wonders of modern warfare, the new and strange devices that have come into use, etc.
Book written by Kelly Miller on World War I, 1919
The End of the Houston Riot
News article on the Houston Riot, 1917
The Houston Mutiny
News article on the Houston Riot, 1917
Race Riot in Texas
News article on the Houston Riot, 1917
Houston riot cases.
House and Senate Reports: Information on soldiers’ riot at Houston, Texas, August 23, 1917, 1921
67 H. Res. 226 (Ordered to be Printed House)
Bill Text: Calling on the Secretary of War for information in regard to soldiers under sentence for participation in the Houston riot., 1921
Claims growing out of Houston Riot.
House and Senate Reports: Claims growing out of Houston, Texas, riot, 1925
Claims growing out of the Houston riot.
House and Senate Reports: Claims growing out of Houston, Texas, riot, 1924
The Niagara Movement
News article on the platform adopted by the Niagara Movement, 1905
A Convention with a Grievance
News editorial on the Niagara Conference, 1907
Document 126: January 2, 1936 Memorandum with attachments
Documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Library: Provides statement on issues of concern to African Americans, including lynching problem; discrimination in relief and public works, the postal service, and civil service; white-only primaries; and discrimination in the army and navy, 1936
Special message of the President of the United States communicated to the Senate on December 14, 1908.
House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray, special message of President, 1908
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