Taps for a Jim Crow Army by McGuire Phillip;Quarles Benjamin;Nalty Bernard C.;

Author:McGuire, Phillip;Quarles, Benjamin;Nalty, Bernard C.; [McGuire, Phillip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Pittsburgh, 19, Penn.

June 20, 1944

Dear Sir:

This letter is being written with a purpose of extreme importance to the Negroes stationed here at this hospital. We hope and place confidence in your giving us the information deserved.

I have been stationed here for over two (2) months as a patient. I have not been overseas but there are plenty of Negro boys here who have. Most of these boys have companions who are white. They came back together. In the time that these boys have been here they have been together. They keep in the same wards, go to the same shows without any segregation. But when going to the mess halls for chow they are segregated. Few of the white boys sit at the tables allowed for colored. But the Sgt tells them to move because its not permitted in the mess halls. The white boys disapprove of this measure and ask why. The Sgt tells them its orders from the Lt. When we asked the Lt. he states that this is the South. We know this is the South but also the Army. My belief is that it can be stopped with a slight push from you. We would like for you to give your opinion on the matter remembering an article published in the August edition of the Courier based on a War Dept. directive banning discrimination and segregation in army camps and hospitals. We would like to have a copy of that directive and also the numbers of it. We will appreciate all that you can do for us.

We will be awaiting your reply with great anticipation.

Sincerely yours,

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.