Category:African American history of the 1940s

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African American soldiers of World War II‎ (7 C, 181 F)

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US National Archives series: Negro Activities in Industry, Government, and the Armed Forces, compiled 1941 - 1945‎ (149 F)

Media in category "African American history of the 1940s"

The following 174 files are in this category, out of 174 total.

"(Army Air Corps) cadets reporting to Captain B(enjamin) O. Davis, Jr. commandant of cadets.", 09-1941 - NARA - 531133.jpg 3,000 × 2,345; 1.39 MB
"... American Army Engineer task force in Liberia find themselves in a land from which their ancestors came. Wash day and Pvt. Jack David scrubs out his things on top of a table made from native trees." - NARA - 531144.gif 600 × 483; 87 KB
"... women employed at Savannah Quartermaster Depot, Savannah, Georgia.", ca. 1943 - NARA - 522887.jpg 2,423 × 3,000; 1.71 MB
"A company of men has set up its office between the columns (Doric) of an ancient Greek temple of Neptune, built about 7 - NARA - 531170.jpg 2,301 × 3,000; 1.8 MB
"A contingent of 15 nurses...arrive in the southwest Pacific area, received their first batch of home mail at their sta - NARA - 531410.jpg 2,585 × 3,000; 1.39 MB
"A Negro WAAC (Mrs. Mary K. Adair) takes an examination for Officers' Candidate School, Fort McPherson, Georgia.", 06-20 - NARA - 531337.jpg 3,000 × 2,441; 1.53 MB
"AND WHILE YOU'RE IN THERE, FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT A FELLOW NAMED ABE LINCOLN" - NARA - 535605.jpg 3,200 × 2,945; 2.66 MB
"Auxiliaries Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo (left to right) further demonstrate their ability to service trucks as taught th - NARA - 531153.jpg 3,000 × 2,388; 1.4 MB
"Cautiously advancing through the jungle, while on patrol in Japanese territory off the Numa-Numa Trail, this member of the 93rd Infantry Division is among the first Negro foot soldiers to go into action in the Sou(...) - NARA - 531184.gif 600 × 487; 144 KB
"Chaplain William T. Green reads the benediction at the marriage ceremony of Pfc. Florence A. Collins, a WAC of the 6888 - NARA - 531314.jpg 3,000 × 2,448; 1.26 MB
"Christmas Dance at Negro Service Club - NARA - 531180.gif 600 × 487; 124 KB
"Christmas Dance at Negro Service Club, 12-23-1943 - NARA - 531180.jpg 3,000 × 2,437; 1.64 MB
"Cpl. Carlton Chapman...is a machine-gunner in an M-4 tank, attached to a Motor Transport unit near Nancy, France.", 11- - NARA - 531221.jpg 2,296 × 3,000; 1.33 MB
"First of the famous Mills Brothers quartet to enter Army service, Pvt. Harry Mills stops at the jukebox in the Receptio - NARA - 531178.jpg 3,000 × 2,415; 1.36 MB
"First of the famous Mills Brothers quartet to enter Army service, Pvt. Harry Mills stops at the jukebox in the Reception Center PX to hear how he sounds on one of the latest Mills Brothers recordings. Left to righ(...) - NARA - 531178.gif 600 × 483; 96 KB
"For his 19th birthday, this sergeant's buddies baked him a cake and decorated it with the tools of his trade. P.S., He - NARA - 531143.jpg 3,000 × 2,368; 982 KB
"Hattie McDaniel (center), Chairman of the Negro Division of the Hollywood Victory Committee, takes time off from rehear - NARA - 535875.jpg 3,000 × 2,312; 1.37 MB
"Howard Wilson operating the sewing machine in the C. & E. Shoe Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia, as he finishes off a - NARA - 531138.jpg 2,314 × 3,000; 1.38 MB
"Howard Wilson operating the sewing machine in the C. & E. Shoe Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia, as he finishes off a - NARA - 531138.tif 2,314 × 3,000; 6.62 MB
"Howard Wilson operating the sewing machine in the C. & E. Shoe Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia, as he finishes off a pair of parachutists boots." - NARA - 531138.gif 463 × 600; 94 KB
"I'M GOING TO SEE THAT YOU GROW UP IN A BETTER WORLD, YOUNG FELLOW" - NARA - 535606.jpg 3,000 × 2,501; 2.11 MB
"Negro bucket man at the Tennessee Valley Authority Douglas Dam on the French Broad River - NARA - 196452.tif 1,622 × 2,000; 3.12 MB
"Negro GIs and American Red Cross workers, college graduates, join in some musical fun at Assam, India..." - NARA - 531351.gif 600 × 487; 79 KB
"Negro GIs and American Red Cross workers, college graduates, join in some musical fun at Assam, India...", 08-23-1944 - NARA - 531351.jpg 3,000 × 2,433; 1.02 MB
"Pfc. Johnnie Mae Welton, Negro WAC, laboratory technician trainee, conducts an experiment in the serology laboratory sf - NARA - 531360.jpg 3,000 × 2,265; 1.21 MB
"Pfc. Johnnie Mae Welton, Negro WAC, laboratory technician trainee, conducts an experiment in the serology laboratory sf the Fort Jackson Station Hospital, Fort Jackson, SC." - NARA - 531360.gif 600 × 453; 91 KB
"Pfc. Robert Askew...with the 3278th Quartermaster Company, examines overshoes which have been turned in. Overshoes prov - NARA - 531412.jpg 3,000 × 2,322; 1.4 MB
"Pfc. Robert Askew...with the 3278th Quartermaster Company, examines overshoes which have been turned in. Overshoes proved their worth and helped prevent trench foot during the rains." - NARA - 531412.gif 600 × 464; 114 KB
"Staff Sgt. William Accoo..., crew chief in a Negro group of the 15th U.S. Air Force, washes down the P-51 Mustang fight - NARA - 535543.jpg 2,358 × 3,000; 1.27 MB
"STILL A WEAPON FOR FREEDOM" - NARA - 535601.jpg 3,000 × 2,843; 2.19 MB
"Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital, Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea. Left to right, Sgt. Lawrence McKr - NARA - 530771.jpg 3,000 × 2,323; 1 MB
"The Bowling Alleys at Fort McClellan, Alabama, are well patronized by members of WAC Det ^2 in their off-duty hours. M- - NARA - 531173.jpg 3,000 × 2,251; 1.21 MB
"The first Negro WACs to arrive (on) the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, w - NARA - 531333.jpg 3,000 × 2,504; 1.27 MB
"The first Negro WACs to arrive -on- the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, who had also been the first to arrive in England. After the battalion had set up its facilities(...) - NARA - 531333.gif 600 × 501; 98 KB
"The `Top-Kick' looks them over at Camp Shanks, New York, Transportation Corps staging area of the New York Port of Emba - NARA - 535929.jpg 2,428 × 3,000; 1.29 MB
"This Negro combat patrol advanced three miles north of Lucca (furthermost point occupied by American troops) to contact - NARA - 531216.jpg 3,000 × 2,403; 1.29 MB
"U.S. Army nurses are taking notes during a lecture in (a) classroom at the Army Nurse Training Center in England.", 09- - NARA - 531411.jpg 3,000 × 2,363; 1.04 MB
"V" home campaign, Washington, DC, 10-1942 - NARA - 533827.jpg 3,000 × 2,268; 1.12 MB
"WAAC Capt. Charity Adams of Columbia, NC, who was commissioned from the first officer candidate class, and the first of - NARA - 531334.jpg 3,000 × 2,346; 1.31 MB
"WAAC officers go shopping...soon after their arrival at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, these two officers (3d Officers Vera Ha - NARA - 531154.jpg 2,361 × 3,000; 1.32 MB
"WAACs at work in Temp. Bldg. `M', 26th Street, Washington, DC, WAAC Headquarters. Left to right, Lts. Harriet West and - NARA - 531139.jpg 2,402 × 3,000; 1.01 MB
(Black troops at the Memorial Day parade, Washington, D.C., probably Constitution Avenue) (LOC).jpg 1,024 × 719; 99 KB
(Children in street, Washington, D.C) (LOC).jpg 1,024 × 796; 188 KB
(Portrait of Josh White, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946) (LOC) (5148205221).jpg 1,024 × 1,339; 238 KB
1943 Colored Waiting Room Sign.jpg 1,433 × 1,503; 751 KB
34th-divers-1.jpg 640 × 474; 277 KB
93rd division bougainville 1944.jpg 1,161 × 1,051; 302 KB
A Company of Negro recruits which has been entered in the "Hall of Fame" at the Great Lakes, Illinois Naval Training... - NARA - 520605.tif 3,000 × 2,383; 6.82 MB
A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox, Ky. This Negro soldier, who serves as truckdriver and mechanic, plays an important part in keeping army transport fleets in operation (LOC).jpg 1,024 × 837; 98 KB
A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used to make elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Ala. (LOC).jpg 1,024 × 841; 122 KB
A Negro bench worker 8d36018v.jpg 973 × 1,024; 315 KB
A Negro bench worker 8d36019v.jpg 1,000 × 1,024; 299 KB
A Negro bench-lathe worker 8d36002v.jpg 956 × 1,024; 269 KB
A Negro bench-lathe worker 8d36004v.jpg 990 × 1,024; 304 KB
A Negro bench-lathe worker 8d36016v.jpg 997 × 1,024; 290 KB
A Negro turret-lathe worker 8d36008v.jpg 954 × 1,024; 257 KB
A platoon of Negro troops surrounds a farm house in a town in France, as they prepare to eliminate a German sniper... - NARA - 531188.jpg 2,946 × 2,286; 2.71 MB
A skilled mechanic and determined war worker 8e11117v (cropped).jpg 667 × 534; 136 KB
A skilled mechanic and determined war worker 8e11117v.jpg 770 × 1,024; 219 KB
African American Teacher.jpg 486 × 640; 35 KB
African American worker Richmond Shipyards (cropped).jpg 444 × 726; 120 KB
African American worker Richmond Shipyards.jpg 591 × 735; 152 KB
African American's tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee. Near Lake Providence, Louisiana, June 1940.jpg 950 × 664; 159 KB
African Americans at SIS.jpg 880 × 794; 560 KB
African-American riveter at Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (26718450700).jpg 2,788 × 2,160; 1.8 MB
AfricanAmericanboyCincinnati.jpg 1,024 × 709; 100 KB
An MP on motorcycle stands ready to answer all calls around his area. Columbus, Georgia - NARA - 531136restoredh.jpg 2,857 × 1,970; 2.99 MB
Arthur Szyk (1894-1951). Do Not Forgive Them, O Lord, For They Do Know What They Do (1949), New Canaan, CT.jpg 2,700 × 3,904; 10.64 MB
Bakersfield, California. Miscellaneous. These Negro youth are returning to their squalid homes in the Sunset district... - NARA - 532250.tif 3,000 × 2,311; 6.61 MB
Barber Shop, Durham, North Carolina.jpg 560 × 416; 46 KB
Black troops at the Memorial Day parade, Washington, D.C., probably Constitution Avenue LCCN2017877953 (cropped).tif 3,114 × 2,194; 19.55 MB
Black troops at the Memorial Day parade1a34408v.jpg 1,024 × 719; 209 KB
Books are Weapons, Books-are-Weapons-Poster (cropped).jpg 737 × 321; 175 KB
Books-are-Weapons-Poster.jpg 954 × 1,502; 1.08 MB
Bringing home groceries. All streets are unpaved, no sidewalks, no camp maintenance. Kingston Pocahontas Coal... - NARA - 540742.jpg 3,000 × 2,403; 1.7 MB
Cassel Campbell Goss (Case 9-BR-122), Complaint - NARA - 292367.tif 2,415 × 3,150; 7.26 MB
Chicago Bee Monthly Front Page May 04, 1941.jpg 7,166 × 9,060; 9.51 MB
Children living in two-room slum apartment. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.tif 13,672 × 10,472; 136.56 MB
Class in a Negro elementary school 8d20272v.jpg 1,016 × 1,024; 296 KB
Class listening to a radio broadcast about South America8d20230v.jpg 994 × 1,024; 309 KB
COL. CHARLES YOUNG - WEST POINT GRADUATE, MILITARY ATTACHE TO HAITI, LIBERIA - NARA - 535679.jpg 3,000 × 2,844; 2.63 MB
Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), (Va.) (LOC).jpg 833 × 1,024; 82 KB
Composition class in Negro grammar school 8d20269v.jpg 997 × 1,024; 306 KB
Copy reader of the Chicago Defender.png 393 × 524; 203 KB
Couples dancing at Service Club No. 3 - DPLA - c5d997f94e323ba51ca7b1189b54d724 (page 1).jpg 2,209 × 1,678; 444 KB
Crowds watching roller-skating exhibition, Chicago, Illinois.jpg 3,163 × 2,560; 1.05 MB
Dancing at Service Club No. 3 - DPLA - 04d458a10ee4f9bb63f56d59d831e968 (page 1).jpg 2,209 × 1,644; 444 KB
Dancing class at an elementary school8d20209v.jpg 990 × 1,024; 288 KB
Dancing class at an elementary school8d20212v.jpg 975 × 1,024; 269 KB
Dancing class in a Negro grammar school 8d20282v.jpg 1,021 × 1,024; 300 KB
Dancing class in a Negro grammar school8d20275v.jpg 925 × 1,024; 212 KB
Dancing class in a Negro grammar school8d20280v.jpg 932 × 1,024; 254 KB
Description- Lee and Renee Harris pose on Easter morning in New York City. (2583389433).jpg 1,191 × 1,327; 360 KB
Discussion class in a Negro grammar school 8d20284v.jpg 1,024 × 1,010; 353 KB
Discussion in a Negro grammar school8d20302v.jpg 903 × 1,024; 243 KB
Easter 1941 Chicago Youths with Automobile crop 2.jpg 11,244 × 8,004; 35.9 MB
Editorial meeting working on the student paper at the Banneker Junior High School 8d20261v.jpg 988 × 1,024; 261 KB
Elks934ribbon.JPG 1,280 × 960; 110 KB
Face detail of African American woman worker, Riveter at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA - NARA - 522880 (cropped).jpg 418 × 524; 43 KB
Face detail, A skilled mechanic and determined war worker 8e11117v (cropped).jpg 240 × 297; 45 KB
Face detail, African American worker Richmond Shipyards (cropped).jpg 175 × 202; 15 KB
Face detail, Liberty Ship scaler HD-SN-99-02466 (cropped).JPG 641 × 640; 82 KB
Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morgan 8e11112v.jpg 1,024 × 749; 260 KB
Free morning lunch in the kindergarten of a Negro school8d20315v.jpg 983 × 1,024; 278 KB
Free morning lunch in the kindergarten of a Negro school8d20316v.jpg 985 × 1,024; 277 KB
U.S. Army nurses newly arrived, Greenock, Scotland - NARA - 531204.tif 2,952 × 2,272; 6.4 MB
Immediate news release relating to the invitation of negroes to sign and become a party to a closed shop agreement... - NARA - 281533.tif 2,569 × 3,300; 8.09 MB
Indians of Yellow Pocahontas with Chief at residence of Chief Paul Joseph in New Orleans Louisiana during Mardi Gras in 1942.jpg 949 × 766; 293 KB
Kaiser shipyards, Richmond, California Miss Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, is helping in her job as a scaler to... - NARA - 535802.tif 3,000 × 2,408; 6.89 MB
Langston-delano3.jpg 803 × 1,024; 162 KB
Letter from Dr. O. A. Childress of Cleveland, Ohio, Chairman of the Civil Liberties Committee of the Mi-Ty Majestic... - NARA - 299746.jpg 2,498 × 3,225; 3.75 MB
Liberty Ship scaler HD-SN-99-02466 (cropped).JPG 1,589 × 1,453; 412 KB
Liberty Ship scaler HD-SN-99-02466.JPG 3,000 × 2,379; 995 KB
Metal scrap collection at a Negro grammar school8d20329v.jpg 925 × 1,024; 259 KB
Migratory laborers cutting celery, Belle Glade, Florida, Jan... (3110574764).jpg 760 × 570; 81 KB
Negro boys admiring the Lincoln Memorial8d20423v.jpg 1,024 × 1,024; 273 KB
Negro family at dinner. The husband is a doctor, the wife a teacher8d20202v.jpg 1,003 × 1,024; 271 KB
Negro home on the outskirts of the city which is owned by a doctor8d20343v.jpg 1,024 × 1,008; 370 KB
Negro housing, water tank and old beehive coke ovens. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company, Gilliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell... - NARA - 540827.jpg 3,000 × 2,401; 2.65 MB
Negro school teacher whose husband is a doctor 8d20240v.jpg 1,010 × 1,024; 272 KB
Negro school teacher whose husband is a doctor 8d20243v.jpg 1,021 × 1,024; 341 KB
Oakland, California. High School Youth. Two Negro youngsters look over the shoulders of a couple of fortunate enough... - NARA - 532226.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
Peace Mission Heaven.jpg 1,024 × 783; 374 KB
Photograph with caption "Close-up View of Cabin in the Sky, Apex Tavern and Janie's Tamalie Cafe and Recreation... - NARA - 283496.jpg 3,000 × 2,293; 2.81 MB
Portrait of Shirley Graham.jpg 588 × 802; 51 KB
Pupil in a Negro grammar school 8e04933v.jpg 821 × 1,024; 49 KB
Pupil in a Negro grammar school8d20298v.jpg 1,018 × 1,024; 321 KB
Reading corner in a Negro grammer school classroom8d20277v.jpg 939 × 1,024; 306 KB
Reading lesson in a Negro elementary school8d20299v.jpg 1,011 × 1,024; 311 KB
Reading lesson in a Negro elementary school8d20301v.jpg 955 × 1,024; 293 KB
Recreation at a Negro grammar school8d20323v.jpg 988 × 1,024; 234 KB
Reverend Vondell Gassaway at St. Martin's Spiritual Church, Washington, D.C.jpg 640 × 506; 33 KB
Riveter at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA - NARA - 522880.jpg 2,431 × 3,000; 1.07 MB
Rosie the Riveter (Vultee) DS.jpg 4,036 × 3,224; 3.33 MB
Rosie the Riveter (Vultee).jpg 8,073 × 6,449; 19.82 MB
Schoolchildren reading with teacher 1940.jpg 698 × 944; 241 KB
Schoolteacher 8d20348v.jpg 997 × 1,024; 263 KB
Schoolteacher8d20356v.jpg 948 × 1,024; 323 KB
Science class in a Negro high school 8d20291v.jpg 1,014 × 1,024; 324 KB
Science class in a Negro high school 8d20292v.jpg 980 × 1,024; 326 KB
Selling war stamps in a Negro high school 8d20294v.jpg 974 × 1,024; 332 KB
Sharecroppers chopping cotton - 1941.jpg 3,500 × 2,552; 712 KB
Sharecroppers chopping cotton banner.jpg 3,500 × 500; 173 KB
Skilled women workers helped build SS George Washington Carver.jpg 2,560 × 2,055; 369 KB
Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Regiment plotting defensive positions on Bougainville in March 1944.jpg 544 × 402; 130 KB
SPAR Aileen Anita Cooke, a prentice seamen, is receiving her "boot" course at a United States Training Station... - NARA - 535868.tif 2,444 × 3,000; 6.99 MB
Statement from Dr. B.F. Ashe, Regional Director of the War Manpower Commission, concerning the recent race and labor disturbances at the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Corporation in Mobile, Alabama. - NARA - 281520 (page 1).gif 578 × 756; 123 KB
Statement from Dr. B.F. Ashe, Regional Director of the War Manpower Commission, concerning the recent race and labor disturbances at the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Corporation in Mobile, Alabama. - NARA - 281520 (page 2).gif 578 × 756; 133 KB
Statement from the War Manpower Commission released by the United Press relating to the 1,000 out of 7,000 negro workers requesting release from their jobs. - NARA - 281529 (page 1).gif 565 × 756; 137 KB
Statement from the War Manpower Commission released by the United Press relating to the 1,000 out of 7,000 negro workers requesting release from their jobs. - NARA - 281529 (page 2).gif 579 × 756; 92 KB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. High school students from the Negro shac . . . - NARA - 521669.jpg 3,000 × 2,358; 1.51 MB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. View of Negro shacktown settlement (Suns . . . - NARA - 521663.jpg 3,000 × 2,298; 1.42 MB
Tamoubrine Player Baby Doll celebration in New Orleans Louisiana in 1942.jpg 1,002 × 766; 157 KB
The Negro Motorist Green Book.jpg 2,714 × 3,778; 12.32 MB
Turret-lathe workers 8d36007v.jpg 1,009 × 1,024; 245 KB
Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots ppmsca13245u.jpg 2,381 × 2,989; 918 KB
Two bench workers 8d36020v.jpg 998 × 1,024; 372 KB
Two bench workers removing the burrs from a side piece 8d36001v.jpg 980 × 1,024; 319 KB
Two bench-lathe workers 8d36006v.jpg 989 × 1,024; 301 KB
Two bench-lathe workers 8d36017v.jpg 977 × 1,024; 305 KB
Two men, white and Negro, who are receiving training in machine shop practice 8d35999v.jpg 881 × 1,024; 255 KB
Two men, white and Negro, who are receiving training in machine shop practice 8d36015v.jpg 927 × 1,024; 284 KB
Two turret-lathe workers 8d36010v.jpg 981 × 1,024; 300 KB
Two welders, who are receiving training in machine shop practice 8d36012v.jpg 982 × 1,024; 293 KB
Two welders, who are receiving training in machine shop practice 8d36014v.jpg 993 × 1,024; 272 KB
Typesetter on the Chicago Defender.png 401 × 534; 211 KB
U.S. Army nurses, newly arrived, line the rail of their vessel as it pulls into port of Greenock, Scotland, in European - NARA - 531204.jpg 2,952 × 2,272; 2.52 MB
Washington County, Mississippi. Delta-Pine Land Company. (African-American woman) picking cotton on Delta land that... - NARA - 512796.tif 2,354 × 3,000; 6.74 MB
Washington, D.C. Recreation in a Negro grammar school 8d20274v.jpg 986 × 1,024; 253 KB
Washington, D.C. Teacher helping pupils in Negro grammar school8d20270v.jpg 904 × 1,024; 279 KB
Weighing collected scrap paper at a Negro grammar school 8d20287v.jpg 937 × 1,024; 259 KB
Welders Alivia Scott, Hattie Carpenter, and Flossie Burtos await an opportunity to weld their first piece of steel - NARA - 535800.jpg 3,000 × 2,443; 1.57 MB
With nearly 1000 (African-American) women employed as burners, welders, scalers, and in other capacities at the... - NARA - 535803.tif 3,000 × 2,430; 6.95 MB
Yanceyville (vicinity), N.C. An outdoor picnic being held during the noon intermission of an all day meeting of ministers and deacons, at the Negro church.jpg 983 × 657; 360 KB

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