Brief Description: This small collection consists of printed material collected by staff of The Black Archives on the topic of "Wars". It includes information on World War II (WWII, WW2), the Iraq War, and Black Seminoles in the Florida wars. Of note is a 1967 Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) Advanced Camp graduation booklet and a xeroxed copy of a 1918 registration card donated by Sam Johnson, and a photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt, Irene Roberts Straughter and Annie M. Coleman at the WWII USO in Overtown, circa 1940s.
The colleciton contains copies of articles from The Journal of Negro History (now called African American History); titles include: "Judge Hastie, World War II, and Army Racism, Phillip McGuire" (1977); "The African Crusade for Black Industrial Schooling, Donald Spivey" (1978); and "Forgotten Victims: Blacks in the Holocaust, Robert W. Kesting" (1992).
Held at:
The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South FL, Inc.
819 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
Phone: 786-708-4610
Fax: 305-400-8756
Email: jhurtado [at] bahlt.org
Record Series Number: 01/BAF MS_00119
Created by: Black Archives (1977-present)
Volume: 0.25 Linear Feet
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this material.
Subject Index
Overtown (Miami, Fla.)
World War, 1939-1945
Genres/Forms of Material
Booklets
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Photographs
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Rights/Use Restrictions: (c) 2011 The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation, Inc. An image license agreement must be signed prior to recording or copying images.
Related Materials:
August Ralph Sousa papers, Lt. Colonel Eldridge F. Williams papers