Title: Urgent Appeal for Release of Arrested "Negro" Officers, 1946-01-01 - 1947-12-31

Item — Box: 29, Folder: 1

Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_29_1_0002

Staff Only

The text 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.