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Committee against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training records

Title
  1. Committee against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training records, 1947-1950.
Author
  1. Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training.

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Additional authors
  1. Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
  2. Reynolds, Grant.
  3. Commission of Inquiry into the Effect of Segregation and Discrimination on the Morale and Development of the Negro Soldier.
  4. Committee to End Segregation in the Armed Forces.
  5. League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation.
Description
  1. 0.16 lin. ft. (2 folders)
Summary
  1. Correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, transcripts of hearings and printed matter of the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training and affiliated organizations and individuals advocating equal treatment for African Americans in the United States armed forces.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  1. United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
  2. Race discrimination > United States
  3. Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training
  4. African Americans > Segregation
Call number
  1. Sc MG 98
Source (note)
  1. Provenance unknown
Biography (note)
  1. Racial advocacy group that protested biases against Americans of African descent in the United States armed forces.
Processing action (note)
  1. Processed
Author
  1. Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training.
Title
  1. Committee against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training records, 1947-1950.
Biography
  1. Racial advocacy group that protested biases against Americans of African descent in the United States armed forces. Lobbying efforts consisted of direct appeals to government representatives, mass rallies and citizens' hearings with elected officials, civil rights leaders and retired army personnel. Affiliated organizations included the Committee to End Segregation in the Armed Forces, the League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation and the Commission of Inquiry into the Effect of Segregation and Discrimination on the Morale and Development of the Negro Soldier. Grant Reynolds, a World War II veteran and former army captain, and A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Association, served as co-chairs.
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Added author
  1. Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
  2. Reynolds, Grant.
  3. Commission of Inquiry into the Effect of Segregation and Discrimination on the Morale and Development of the Negro Soldier.
  4. Committee to End Segregation in the Armed Forces.
  5. League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 98
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