- Collection:
- Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project
- Title:
- Newspaper Clippings: "Wallgren Okays Integration of Colored National Guards Units," "Gen. Llewellyn says Integration 'Worked Well'," "All Negro Unit Set Up: National Pattern Blamed"
- Creator:
- Vancouver Branch of the NAACP
- Date of Original:
- 1947/1948
- Subject:
- African Americans
National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Organizations
Military Service
Military Personnel
Segregation
Integration - Location:
- United States, Washington, Clark County, Vancouver, 45.63873, -122.66149
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- 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. - Metadata URL:
- https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/cchm/id/326
- IIIF manifest:
- https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/iiif/2/cchm:326/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- 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. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- Vancouver Branch of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- Contributing Institution:
- Clark County Historical Museum
- Rights:
-
Newspaper Clippings: "Wallgren Okays Integration of Colored National Guards Units," "Gen. Llewellyn says Integration 'Worked Well'," "All Negro Unit Set Up: National Pattern Blamed"
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