Request for Speech on Negro Soldiers in WWII

Digital item

Identifier: CAC_CC_014_2.2_23_1_0078

Staff Only

Dates

79th (1945-1947)

Scope and Contents

The writer is requesting copies of Helen Gahagan Douglas' speech on '"Negro" Soldiers in our Wars' that was given on February 1, 1946. They heard about the speech during a meeting of veterans and are trying to collect all the information. The writer is respectfully asking for the copies to be sent to their address in Jamaica, New York.

Additional Description

Creator

Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980

Congress 79th (1945-1947)

Policy Area African Americans; Constituent Correspondence; Democratic Party U.S.

Tribal Affiliation Non-specified