This collection focuses on President Truman's decision to desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces. The collection includes documents covering the years 1938 through 1953. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, a chronology, and the text of Freedom to Serve, the final report of the Fahy Committee.
Desegregation of the Armed Forces
Documents
1938
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Letter from R. L. Vann to Dr. Ernest H. Wilkins, with Attachments, March 4, 1938 (NAID: 278078466)
Part of:
- recordGroup: Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards, 1893 - 2008 (NAID: 547)
- Series: General Correspondence Files, 1948 - 1950 (NAID: 1701337)
- File Unit: V (NAID: 2789333)
1939
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Letter from E. W. Kenworthy to Mr. Charles Fahy, March 4, 1939 (NAID: 257686784)
Part of:
- recordGroup: Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards, 1893 - 2008 (NAID: 547)
- Series: Members and Staff Files, 1948 - 1950 (NAID: 1701333)
- File Unit: Fahy, Charles [Chairman]--March-December, 1949 (NAID: 2789220)
1940
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Statement by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 1940 (NAID: 333234805)
Part of:
- Collection: David K. Niles Papers, 1909 - 1983 (NAID: 594711)
- Series: Civil Rights and Minorities Files, 1927 - 1952 (NAID: 1741412)
- File Unit: Civil Rights and Negro Affairs, 1936-1952: [1936] 1937-1944 (NAID: 3598726)
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"The Negroes' Historical and Contemporary Role In National Defense", November 26, 1940 (NAID: 40019879)
Part of:
- recordGroup: Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards, 1893 - 2008 (NAID: 547)
- Series: General Files, 1948 - 1950 (NAID: 1701345)