Title: Urgent Appeal for Release of Arrested "Negro" Officers
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_014_2.2_29_1_0002
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Title:
- Title: Urgent Appeal for Release of Arrested "Negro" Officers
- Date Created:
- 1946-01-01
- EDTF:
- 1946-01-01
- Creator:
- unknown
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/67
- Description:
- The document is a series of letters and telegrams regarding the arrest of Negro officers at Freeman Field, Indiana for refusing to accept segregation. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is urging the War Department to release the officers and take appropriate action against the commanding officers responsible. The situation involves the classification of Negro officers as trainees and their restriction from using certain Officers' Clubs designated for white officers. The War Department is investigating the matter.
- Topic:
- Constituents' communication with members of the U.S. Congress, Democratic Party (U.S.), African Americans
- Congress:
- 79th (1945-1947)
- Physical Location:
- CAC_CC_014_2.2_29_1_0000, Box 29, Folder 1, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
- Location Represented:
- California (state), District of Columbia (national district), United States (nation)
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 8 Pages
