Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: a. Progress Report for the President: report on progress made by the Fahy Committee after examining the policies and practices of the three military branches and conferring with armed services officials, 1952
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Document 123 January 2, 1948 Memorandum with attachment To: Charles [S.] Murphy Fr: O[scar] R. E[wing]
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: The Report of the Committee on Civil Rights and President Truman’s Message to Congress of February 2, 1948: request to review the “Charter of Negro Rights” outlining ten-point program for safeguarding civil rights for all Americans, 1948
Document 26 July 16, 1947 Letter with attachment To: E. H. Foley Jr. Fr: Robert K. Carr
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: acknowledgment of August 25 letter in which Edmonds seeks further information on the status of the army’s desegregation plan, 1947
Document 23 April 21, 1947 Memorandum To: President’s Committee on Civil Rights Fr: [Navy Department]
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: proposal to establish an experimental, voluntary, nonsegregated army post, provided that the navy and air force do the same, of approximately five thousand men, selected in an impartial and representative manner, 1947
Document 25 June 10, 1947 Memorandum with attachments To: Members of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights Fr: Robert K. Carr
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: Negroes in the Armed Forces Prepared by Milton D. Stewart and Joseph Murtha: memorandum describing various policy statements on the recruitment, utilization, and treatment of African American troops issued by each military branch and the administrative actions taken to implement those policies, 1947
Document 20 April 1, 1947 Memorandum To: Robert K. Carr Fr: Milton [D.] Stewart
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: transmittal of statement made by Royall before the Fahy Committee discussing his views on army policy with respect to African Americans, 1947
Document 22 April 14, 1947 Letter with attachment To: James Forrestal Fr: Robert K. Carr
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: request for a timetable projecting the speed at which recommendations of the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services will be put into effect, 1947
Document 181 January 12, 1950 Press release Fr: Jacob K. Javits
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: appeal from Americans for Democratic Action urging the president to issue an executive order abolishing segregation and discrimination in the armed forces and to create an advisory commission to facilitate the process, 1950
Document 21 April 7, 1947 Memorandum To: Robert K. Carr Fr: Milton [D.] Stewart
Presidential Papers of Harry S. Truman: Truman Administration’s civil rights program, desegregation of the armed forces: conference with Mr. Fahy and Mr. Kenworthy: comments on Fahy Committee’s future agenda, including investigation of the feasibility of the air force’s integration proposal, reason behind the low number of African American marine corps officers, whether the committee should regard segregation in itself as discriminatory, the matter of discrimination in the National Guard, and whether the intent of the Gillem Board was to eliminate segregation in the entire army, 1947
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
Heroes in Black Skins
Article on African Americans in the military, including Robert Smalls contribution with his ship the Planter, 1903
Laws of U.S. in relation to Navy and Marine Corps; to close of 2nd session of 26th Congress, together with acts and resolutions of Congress granting medals, swords, and votes of thanks, or having reference to special objects; also, private acts, for relief of individuals, alphabetically arranged; and table of appropriations and expenditures for naval service, from 1791 to 1840, both years inclusive, to which are prefixed Constitution of U.S., and synopsis of legislation of Congress respecting naval affairs during Revolutionary War
Laws of the U.S. in relation to the Navy and Marine Corps, 1841
Laws of U.S. in relation to Navy and Marine Corps; to close of 2nd session of 26th Congress, together with acts and resolutions of Congress granting medals, swords, and votes of thanks, or having reference to special objects; also, private acts, for relief of individuals, alphabetically arranged; and table of appropriations and expenditures for naval service, from 1791 to 1840, both years inclusive, to which are prefixed Constitution of U.S., and synopsis of legislation of Congress respecting naval affairs during Revolutionary War, with appendix containing laws passed at 27th Congress
Laws of the U.S. in relation to the Navy and Marine Corps, 1843
Laws of U.S. in relation to naval establishment and Marine Corps, collected and arranged by order of Secretary of Navy, from laws of U.S., to end of 1st session of 19th Congress [with handwritten continuation through Mar. 3, 1827]
Laws of the U.S. in relation to the Navy and Marine Corps, 1826
Laws relating to Navy and Marine Corps, and Navy Department, July 1, 1865 [with resolutions of Congress, and text of Constitution]
Laws of the U.S. in relation to the Navy and Marine Corps, 1865
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, reports of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers, in relation to the African slave trade.
Presidential message communicating reports of Secretary of State and Secretary of Navy, with accompanying papers, on African slave trade, 1858
[Petition of Robert F. Stockton, commanding schooner Alligator off coast of Africa, for suppression of slave trade]
Petition of Robert F. Stockton, commanding schooner Alligator off coast of Africa, for suppression of slave trade, 1823
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-eighth Congress.
State of the Union address, 1844
African slave trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House, a report from the Secretary of State in reference to the African slave trade.
Message of President transmitting report on African slave trade, 1860
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-eighth Congress.
State of the Union address, 1864
Liberated Africans. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 19th ultimo, transmitting reports from Agent Seys in relation to care of liberated Africans.
Reports on care of liberated Africans, 1853
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-sixth Congress
State of the Union address, 1860
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December, 1859.
Annual report of Secretary of Navy, 1859, p. 1135, 1859
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the instructions which have been issued to naval commanders upon the subject of the importation of slaves, made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the fourth January, instant.
Instructions to naval commanders concerning slave trade, 1819
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of June, information in regard to the African slave trade.
Message of President with information on African slave trade, 1864