African Americans in Times of War

Military - WWI Training, Atlanta University, undated, Atlanta University photograph collection

Atlanta University

Military – WWI Training

Lift Every Voice for Victory, Claudia Jones, 1942 JuneWorld War II vertical file

Claudia Jones

“Lift Every Voice for Victory”

"The Draft: are YOU willing to DIE for this country?", Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.), undated, Morehouse Vertical File

Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)

“The Draft: are YOU willing to DIE for this country?”

Read the Truth, Daily Worker (New York)undatedWorld War II Vertical File

Daily Worker (New York)

“Read the Truth”

The Little OG, Jessica Bailey, 2014

Jessica Bailey

The Little OG

"The war's greatest scandal! The story of Jim Crow in uniform", Dwight Macdonald, 1943, World War II vertical file

Dwight Macdonald

“The war’s greatest scandal! The story of Jim Crow in uniform”

Photo of White and African-American Soldiers, George Alexander Sewell, circa 1967-1969, George A. Sewell papers

George Alexander Sewell

Photo of White and African-American Soldiers

Negroes at War"

Life Magazine

“Negroes at War”, Life magazine

Photograph of Lt. Edward Swain Hope of US Navy, The Maroon Tiger, Volume 4, No. 1, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.), 1944, Morehouse College printed and published materials

Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)

Photograph of Lt. Edward Swain Hope of US Navy, The Maroon Tiger, Volume 4, No. 1

"Negroes and the National War Effort", Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895; Ford, James W., 1893-1957, circa 1939-1945, World War II Vertical File

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895; Ford, James W., 1893-1957

“Negroes and the National War Effort”

"A Negro Looks at War", John Henry Williams, 1940 January, World War II vertical file

John Henry Williams

“A Negro Looks at War”

"Negro G.I.s in Korea Speak Out", Keyes Beech, 1950 July 31, Johnson Publishing Company clipping files collection, 1940-2020

Keyes Beech

“Negro G.I.s in Korea Speak Out”

"Negros in Vietnam: We, Too, Are Americans", George Alexander Sewell; Simeon Booker, 1965 November, George A. Sewell papers

George Alexander Sewell; Simeon Booker

“Negros in Vietnam: We, Too, Are Americans”

"The Crisis", 1942, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1942 February, World War II vertical file

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

“The Crisis”, 1942

Photograph of soldier against a car, undatedAsh Family Photographs

Photograph of soldier against a car

"Correspondence to Chaplain Nolan , Robert E. Penn, circa 1945-1946, Robert E. Penn collection"

Robert E. Penn

Correspondence to Chaplain Nolan

"The Crisis", December 1944, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1944 December, World War II Vertical File

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

“The Crisis”, December 1944

"Look Him in the Eye", This booklet discusses Black veterans and those who served in the armed forces. It features various images of Black men in combat.

Southern Conference for Human Welfare

“Look Him in the Eye”

"Mixed Negro, White Units Praised For Gallantry in Korea Fighting", Peter Kalischer, 1950 December 19, Johnson Publishing Company clipping files collection, 1940-2020

Peter Kalischer

“Mixed Negro, White Units Praised For Gallantry in Korea Fighting”

Mixed Units No Longer an Oddity in Korea War, Johnson Publishing Company1950 September 23Johnson Publishing Company clipping files collection

Johnson Publishing Company

“Mixed Units No Longer an Oddity in Korea War”

"Negro and White Troops Mix Without Friction in Korea War", Walter Simmons, 1951 January 15, Johnson Publishing Company clipping files collection, 1940-2020

Walter Simmons

“Negro and White Troops Mix Without Friction in Korea War”

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, United States Armycirca 1941-1942Rufus E. Clement Records

United States Army

“Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps”

Report of Mrs. L.E. Hope, Lugenia Burns Hope, 1918 July 13, Neighborhood Union Collection

Lugenia Burns Hope

Report of Mrs. L.E. Hope, Camp Upton, L.I.

Captain Sarah E. Murphy, circa 1939-1945World War II vertical file

Captain Sarah E. Murphy, Women’s Army Corps, from “Service Men’s Center, Second Anniversary” pamphlet

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