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Laurence I. Hewes Personal Papers
LIHPP-002-008
This folder contains excerpts from the Congressional Record related to the initial report of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, titled "Equality of Treatment and Opportunity for Negro Military Personnel Stationed within the United States" and referred to as the "Gesell Report." In the excerpts, members of the United States Congress discuss issues and policy proposals in the report regarding discrimination against Black service members and their families in the U.S. military and in communities near military bases.
Textual folder
Laurence I. Hewes Personal Papers
LIHPP-002-009
This folder contains excerpts from the Congressional Record related to the initial report of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, titled "Equality of Treatment and Opportunity for Negro Military Personnel Stationed within the United States" and referred to as the "Gesell Report." In the excerpts, members of the United States Congress discuss issues and policy proposals in the report regarding discrimination against Black service members and their families in the U.S. military and in communities near military bases.