African-American and white soldiers at a base in Italy during World War II. Source: United States Army.   About the Collection   This collection focuses on President Truman's decision to desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces. It includes 247 documents totaling 1,187 pages, covering the years 1938-1953. Supporting material includes an Archival Materials Guide and finding aid, Records of the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services (Record Group 220). Collection Search:				Documents                         Sorted by:  Category | Year Military Policy Prior to Executive Order #9981 Executive Order #9981 Support for the Desegregation of the Armed Forces Opposition to the Desegregation of the Armed Forces The Fahy Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces Actions of the Military after the Executive Order Military Policy Prior to Executive Order #9981 R.L. Vann to Ernest H. Wilkins,  March 4, 1938.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Statement by President Franklin D. Roosevelt,  .n.d.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "The Negroes' Historical and Contemporary Role In National Defense",  November 26, 1940.  View document (8 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Excerpts from "Survey and Recommendations Concerning the Integration of the Negro Soldier into the Army",  September 22, 1941.  View document (9 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Adjutant General to John J. McCloy,  August 27, 1942.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) I.H.E. to Assistant Secretary of War,  February 17, 1943.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) I.H.E. to Chief of Staff,  March 12, 1943.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) J.B. Leonard to Assistant Secretary of War,  May 25, 1943.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Digest of War Department Policy Pertaining to Negro Military Personnel" by J.S. Leonard,  January 1, 1944.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) J.S. Leonard to Members of the Advisory Committee on Negro Troop Policies,  January 6, 1944.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Henry Stimson to Hamilton Fish,  February 19, 1944.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) William Dawson to John McCloy,  February 28, 1944.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo from John C. H. Lee,  December 26, 1944.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Historical Background of the American Negro in Aviation",  .n.d.  View document (22 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo re: Negro troops in Italy,  .n.d.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo, "Negroes in the Armed Forces",  .n.d.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) John Sengstacke to Truman Gibson, Jr., with attached letter,  February 7, 1945.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Statement by Truman Gibson, Jr.,  April 9, 1945.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Opinions About Negro Infantry Platoons in White Companies of 7 Divisions",  July 3, 1945.  View document (9 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Truman Gibson, Jr. to John J. McCloy,  August 8, 1945.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Joseph McNarney to Chief of Staff, War Department,  August 13, 1945.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Sommers to John J. McCloy,  August 28, 1945.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Draft of the Gillem Board Report,  .n.d.  View document (143 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Marcus Ray to Philleo Nash,  January 16, 1946.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Remarks of Howard C. Petersen,  March 1, 1946.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Circular No. 124-- "Utilization of Negro Manpower in the Postwar Army Policy",  April 27, 1946.  View document (12 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Philleo Nash to David Niles, with attachments,  July 26, 1946.  View document (8 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Report on the Negro Soldier" by Robert F. Cocklin, Infantry Journal,  c. December, 1946.  View document (9 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press Release,  February 8, 1947.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) John M. Bailey to David Niles, with attachments,  February 19, 1947.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Brien McMahon and Robert Patterson,  March 7, 1947.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) L.B. Weeks to all Adjutants General,  March 25, 1947.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Milton Stewart to Robert Carr,  April 1, 1947.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Milton Stewart to Robert Carr,  April 7, 1947.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Robert Carr to Robert Patterson,  April 14, 1947.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Robert Carr to James Forrestal,  April 14, 1947.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo for the President's Committee on Civil Rights,  April 21, 1947.  View document (10 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Robert Patterson to the President's Committee on Civil Rights,  May 15, 1947.  View document (9 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Robert Carr to the President's Committee on Civil Rights,  June 10, 1947.  View document (16 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Robert Carr and E.H. Foley, Jr.,  July 16, 1947.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Draft of letter for Chester Bowles to James Forrestal,  .n.d.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo of conversation with Marx Leva,  January 29, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Kenneth Royall to Clark Clifford, with attachments,  March 22, 1948.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between David Niles, Harry S. Truman, and A. Philip Randolph,  March 22, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Kenneth Royall to Clark Clifford, with attachments,  March 22, 1948.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Harry S. Truman to David Niles, with attached memorandum,  March 22, 1948.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Draft of letter to James Forrestal,  April 9, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Philleo Nash to Clark Clifford, with attached correspondence,  April 9, 1948.  View document (7 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Philleo Nash to Clark Clifford,  April 9, 1948.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Marx Leva to George Elsey, with attachment,  April 13, 1948.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) George Elsey to Clark Clifford,  April 19, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) George Elsey to Clark Clifford,  April 19, 1948.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Kenneth Royall to Luther Youngdahl,  May 4, 1948.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Howard Davis, Matthew Connelly, David Niles, and Harry S. Truman,  May 13, 1948.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Regular Army Negro Officer Personnel",  June 22, 1948.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) David Niles to Clark Clifford,  June 30, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) George Elsey to David Niles, with attached correspondence,  July 13, 1948.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Kenneth Royall and Clark Clifford,  July 19, 1948.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Kenneth Royall to John Blatnik, Edward Devitt, and Harold Hagen,  July 23, 1948.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Negro Personnel in the Air Force",  .n.d.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Non-Segregation and Integration at Lockbourne",  .n.d.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo to Charles Fahy,  June 14, 1949.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Charles Fahy,  August 8, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) R.B. Ellis to E.W. Kenworthy, with attachments,  August 17, 1949.  View document (8 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between David Niles and Chester Bowles,  November 23, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Executive Order #9981 Memo "Concerning the Interpretation of the President's Order...,",  .n.d.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo re: President's Civil Rights Message on the Armed Forces,  May 11, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memos and press releases re: Executive Order 9981,  July 26, 1948.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces,  July 26, 1948.  View document (2 pages) Clark Clifford to Kenneth Royall, with attachment,  September 2, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Support for the Desegregation of the Armed Forces Telegram, Bob McManus to William Hassett,  August 21, 1947.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) R.W. Berry to Matthew Connelly,  November 22, 1947.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) A. Philip Randolph to Harry S. Truman, with attached White House memos,  December 13, 1947.  View document (11 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) A. Philip Randolph to Harry S. Truman, with attached White House memos,  March 18, 1948.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Hubert Humphrey to James Forrestal,  April 26, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Dagen to Harry S. Truman,  June 15, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) A. Philip Randolph to Harry S. Truman, with attached White House memos,  July 7, 1948.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Leon Henderson to Harry S. Truman,  July 22, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Richard Givens and John R. Steelman,  July 27, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Esther Davis to Harry S. Truman, with reply by Matthew Connelly,  July 30, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Telegram, Alvin Jones et. al to Harry S. Truman,  July 31, 1948.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) P. Clifton Reynolds to Harry S. Truman, with reply by David Niles,  August 10, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Adolf Berle, Jr. to Harry S. Truman, with reply by Clark Clifford,  August 18, 1948.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Leo Higgs to Harry S. Truman, with reply by Matthew Connelly,  September 3, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Matthew Connelly to Grant Reynolds, July 21, 1948, with attached memos,  September 8, 1948.  View document (24 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Mr. and Mrs. H. Leon Bradlow to Harry S. Truman, with reply by William Hassett,  November 27, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Carter Pate to Harry S. Truman,  February 3, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) James Tait to Harry S. Truman,  March 23, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) William Hassett to Charles Fahy,  November 17, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Paul Douglas and Harry S. Truman,  December 13, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Irving Ives and Harry S. Truman,  December 13, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Ralph Flanders and Harry S. Truman,  December 17, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "The Road to Democracy," copy of address by William E. Stevenson,  January 23, 1950.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Rose H. Hepp to Harry S. Truman, with attached memo,  November 12, 1950.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Stewart Street to Harry S. Truman, with attached memo,  January 2, 1951.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Telegram, A. Philip Randolph to Harry S. Truman,  March 22, 1951.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Leonard Brown to Harry S. Truman, with reply by David Niles,  April 17, 1951.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Donald Anderson to Harry S. Truman, with reply by David Niles,  May 21, 1951.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Marshall Ross to Harry S. Truman,  August 10, 1951.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Opposition to the Desegregation of the Armed Forces Charles Mole to Adjutant General, with reply by Marcus Ray,  December 14, 1945.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo re: comments of Representative Rankin,  .n.d.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Joseph Beauharnais to Harry S. Truman,  June 24, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Worthington Thompson to Philleo Nash, with attached report,  March 20, 1950.  View document (16 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) The Fahy Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces David Niles to Clark Clifford, with attached memorandum,  May 12, 1948.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) James Forrestal to Harry S. Truman, with attached memos,  July 30, 1948.  View document (9 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Franck Havenner to Harry S. Truman, with reply by Matthew Connelly,  August 9, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Clark Clifford to Kenneth Royall,  August 10, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) J.S. to D.,  September 8, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Donald Dawson to Harry S. Truman,  September 9, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Donald Dawson to Harry S. Truman,  September 9, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between George Elsey and Philleo Nash,  September 15, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Kenneth Royall to Harry S. Truman,  September 17, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press Release,  September 18, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Donald Dawson and Ralph McGill,  October 11, 1948.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Telegram, Ralph McGill to Donald Dawson, with reply letter,  October 11, 1948.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) James Forrestal to the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force,  October 21, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Marx Leva to the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force,  December 30, 1948.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo to Harry S. Truman,  January 11, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Transcript of meeting of Fahy Committee with President Truman,  January 12, 1949.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Remarks to President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services,  January 12, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) List of people at President's meeting with Committee on Equality,  January 12, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Minutes from President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces, with attached memos,  January 17, 1949.  View document (11 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo of conversation between Joseph H.B. Evans, Charles Fahy, and E.W. Kenworthy,  March 1, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Sherman Hibbett to Matthew Connelly, with attached memos,  March 3, 1949.  View document (7 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Charles Fahy,  March 4, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Dwight Palmer,  March 7, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Gordon Gray,  March 7, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to John Sengstacke,  March 8, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to William Stevenson,  March 8, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Charles Luckman,  March 8, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Charles Browning,  March 8, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo for Charles Fahy,  March 16, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to the Fahy Committee,  March 21, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Kenneth Royall,  March 22, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) John Sengstacke to E.W. Kenworthy,  March 25, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Statement by General Omar Bradley,  March 28, 1949.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Kenneth Royall to Clark Clifford, with attached statement,  March 29, 1949.  View document (9 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo for E.W. Kenworthy,  March 30, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Louis Johnson to Charles Fahy, with attachments,  April 18, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memorandum to Charles Fahy re: interim report,  April 27, 1949.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to E.W. Kenworthy, with attachments,  May 4, 1949.  View document (14 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Initial Recommendations by Fahy Committee,  May 24, 1949.  View document (10 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Charles Fahy,  May 30, 1949.  View document (8 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to David Niles,  June 2, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Progress Report,  June 7, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces Progress Report,  June 7, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Donald Dawson and David Niles,  June 22, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) A.J. Donahue to Harry S. Truman, with attached memos,  June 29, 1949.  View document (8 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to Harry S. Truman,  July 27, 1949.  View document (34 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Interim Report,  July 27, 1949.  View document (14 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo of Telephone Conversation with General Gillem,  August 12, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Joseph H.B. Evans to the Fahy Committee,  August 27, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between E.W. Kenworthy and James Edmonds,  August 30, 1949.  View document (7 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo for the President,  September 26, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Charles Fahy, with attachments,  September 28, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Handwritten remarks re: visit of Paul Robeson to Cleveland,  c. October, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Suggested Program for Discussion,  c. October, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Note regarding visit of Charles Fahy,  October 3, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to Harry S. Truman,  October 6, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Further Interim Report to the President,  October 6, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Note by William E. Stevenson, re: Robeson visit to Oberlin College,  October 8, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Alan Barth,  October 10, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to Harry S. Truman, with attachments,  October 11, 1949.  View document (10 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Karl Bendetsen,  October 14, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Fahy Committee,  October 29, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo of conversation, E.W. Kenworthy and Karl Bendesten,  November 28, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) J. Lawton Collins to Charles Fahy,  December 5, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to Harry S. Truman,  December 14, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to Harry S. Truman,  January 16, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Dwight Palmer to Charles Fahy,  February 7, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Telegram, Lester Granger to Matthew Connelly,  May 21, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Freedom To Serve, Equality Of Treatment And Opportunity In The Armed Services, A Report by The President's Committee,  May 22, 1950.  View document (82 pages) Press Release by Fahy Committee,  May 22, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Statement by the President,  May 22, 1950.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between Lester Granger and Harry S. Truman, with attached memos,  June 1, 1950.  View document (9 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence with Philleo Nash re: final copies of "Freedom to Serve",  June 9, 1950.  View document (11 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo to Charles Fahy,  July 10, 1950.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) David Niles to William Boyle, Jr., with related attachments,  December 4, 1950.  View document (32 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Actions of the Military after the Executive Order Philleo Nash to Clark Clifford,  September 2, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Clark Clifford to Kenneth Royall,  September 2, 1948.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Kenneth Royall to Louis Johnson,  December 2, 1948.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) W. Stuart Symington to James Forrestal, with attached proposal,  December 22, 1948.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) John Nicholas Brown to Secretaries of Defense, Army, and Air Force,  December 28, 1948.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Transcript of "Meet the Press Broadcast",  .n.d.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Proposed Experimental Plan for Integration",  .n.d.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) James C. Evans to Worthington Thompson,  February 16, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Draft of Proposed Directive for the Armed Forces for the Period of 1 July 1949 to 1 July 1950,  c. March, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Hoyt Vandenberg to all Commanding Generals and Officers, USAF,  April 8, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press Release, "The Negro in the Army",  April 28, 1949.  View document (17 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) W. Stuart Symington to Chairman, Personnel Policy Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense,  April 30, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press release,  May 11, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Letter to Charles Fahy,  May 12, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) John M. Earley to Louis Johnson, with reply by James Evans,  May 16, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Dan Kimball to Louis Johnson,  May 23, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Gordon Gray to Louis Johnson,  May 26, 1949.  View document (8 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press Release,  June 7, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Fahy Committee,  July 6, 1949.  View document (7 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) John Sengstacke to Charles Fahy, with attachment,  July 14, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to Kenneth Royall,  July 25, 1949.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Stephen Spingarn to Philleo Nash, with attachments,  September 23, 1949.  View document (34 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press Release,  September 30, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Gordon Gray to Louis Johnson,  September 30, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press Release by Americans for Democratic Action, with attachments,  October 3, 1949.  View document (8 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) David Niles to Harry S. Truman,  October 5, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) David Niles to Harry S. Truman,  October 5, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo from Joseph H.B. Evans,  November 3, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Proposed draft of Utilization of Negro Manpower in the Army,  November 16, 1949.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Utilization of Negro Manpower in the Army",  November 16, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Constance Anderson to Harry S. Truman, with attached memo from William Hassett to Charles Fahy,  November 17, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Karl Bendesten to E.W. Kenworthy,  November 17, 1949.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Gordon Gray to Charles Fahy,  November 17, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Fahy Committee,  November 18, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo for the Chairman, Personnel Policy Board, GSD,  November 21, 1949.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles Fahy to Constance Anderson,  November 23, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo of conversation, E.W. Kenworthy and Charles Fahy,  November 28, 1949.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Worthington Thompson to Karl Bendetsen, with attachments,  November 28, 1949.  View document (6 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Deactivation of the 332nd Fighter Wing",  .n.d.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) "Air Force 1949 Racial Policy Change",  c. January, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Press Release,  January 12, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) William Batt, Jr. to E.W. Kenworthy with attached letters,  January 22, 1950.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to William Batt, Jr.,  January 30, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo re: Implementation of Air Force Policy Concerning Negro Personnel,  January 31, 1950.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) First Report on the Racial Integration Program of the Air Force,  February 6, 1950.  View document (38 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) David Niles to Harry S. Truman,  February 7, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) David Niles to Harry S. Truman,  February 7, 1950.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between J. Oscar Lee and Harry S. Truman,  February 8, 1950.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) James H. Burns to Dean Rusk,  February 13, 1950.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Fahy Committee,  February 16, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Eric Severeid,  February 24, 1950.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Report from Eric Sevareid,  February 27, 1950.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Dean Rusk to James H. Burns,  March 1, 1950.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Louis Johnson to the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force,  March 8, 1950.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Charles Fahy,  March 14, 1950.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Emanuel Celler,  March 16, 1950.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Louis Johnson to the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force,  April 5, 1950.  View document (1 page)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Correspondence between A. Philip Randolph and David Niles, with attachments,  April 25, 1950.  View document (12 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) E.W. Kenworthy to Charles Fahy, with attachment,  April 27, 1950.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Telegrams between Helen Gahagan Douglas and Matthew Connelly,  October 27, 1950.  View document (11 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Charles E. Spring to Harry S. Truman with attachments,  February 7, 1951.  View document (5 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Telegram, Michael Straight to Harry S. Truman, with attachments,  February 21, 1951.  View document (12 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Dorothy B. Ferebee to Harry S. Truman, with reply by Matthew Connelly,  July 24, 1951.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Michael Straight to Harry S. Truman,  November 9, 1951.  View document (4 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Memo re: Racial Integration of EUCOM Army Units,  April 1, 1952.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Philleo Nash to Donald Dawson, with attachments,  May 27, 1952.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Elmer Henderson to Philleo Nash, with attachments,  June 23, 1952.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Anna Rosenberg to Earl McGrath,  January 10, 1953.  View document (3 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Earl J. McGrath to Anna Rosenberg,  January 15, 1953.  View document (2 pages)   Printer Friendly Version (PDF)

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