About Folder
Title
Correspondence: Committee: July 1962-December 1964
Collection
Digital Identifier
GAGPP-001-008
Date(s) of Materials
17 July 1962-28 December 1964
Folder Description
This folder contains correspondence between members of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Services and Gerhard A. Gesell, Chair of the Committee, regarding the Committee's meetings. The folder also includes materials related to the Committee's work preparing a report for the President on segregation and discrimination against African American and Black individuals in the United States armed forces. Of note is correspondence with Whitney Young, Jr., Executive Director of the National Urban League.
Extent / Physical Description
60 digital pages
Series
Series 1. President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Services Files, 1961-1967.
Preferred Citation
Gerhard A. Gesell Personal Papers. Series 1. President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Services Files, 1961-1967. Correspondence: Committee: July 1962-December 1964
Organization(s)
Contributor(s)
Young, Whitney M. (Whitney Moore), 1921-1971
Media Type
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Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction.
One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
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