wsu_crbehp_wsuvt2905 wsuvt2905 crbehp wsu yes Newspaper Clippings: "Wallgren Okays Integration of Colored National Guards Units," "Gen. Llewellyn says Integration 'Worked Well'," "All Negro Unit Set Up: National Pattern Blamed" Vancouver Branch of the NAACP African Americans National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Organizations Military Service Military Personnel Segregation Integration Articles address how Authur R. Cash, Chairman, Vetrans Committee of the Vancouver NAACP received letter from Governor Mon C. Wallgren regarding integration of National Guard for the state of Washington. Governor Wallgren states that "E.W. Llewellyn has been for sometime working on this problem..." "General Llewellyn is working to organize in this statem separate units with ballalions which will be composed of both officers and enlisted men of minority races." Goal is to integrate minority racial groups in the National Guard. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Spokane, Wash.] : Washington State University Washington State University-Vancouver Library Clark County Historical Museum Scrapbooks http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/cchm,326 Original images were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 100 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries. Vancouver Branch of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) From the Washington State University digital collection (Washington State University) 1947/1948 Vancouver (Wash.) Clark County (Wash.) To obtain a copy of this item, or request permission to publish, contact the Clark County Historical Society Library and Archives, 1511 Main Street, Vancouver, WA 98660, 360-993-5679 or cchm@pacifier.com. 20120427 161921