Committee against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training records

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unitid

{"value"=>"20578", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 98", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11524010", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1947-1950", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1947/1950"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Committee against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training records"}

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training was a 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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of 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 for equal treatment of African Americans in the United States armed forces.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Provenance unknown; received in 1976.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Andre Elizee, April 1990.</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 May 12"}

date_start

1947

keydate

1947

date_end

1950

date_inclusive_start

1947

date_inclusive_end

1950

extent_statement

0.02 linear feet (2 folders)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Committee against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training records, Sc MG 98, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training was a 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. This collection consists of 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 for equal treatment of African Americans in the United States armed forces.", "generated"=>true}

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