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"Don't Want Negro Soldiers"

Item

Title
"Don't Want Negro Soldiers"
Description
An article in the Denton Record-Chronicle about local small towns requesting the government not send them black soldiers.
Date
1942-07-06
Source
Edwards, Robert J., “Don’t Want Negro Soldiers,” Denton Record-Chronicle, July 6, 1942. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1312730/. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History; crediting Denton Public Library.
Subject
Negro soldier
black soldier
colored soldier
WWII
World War II
Denton, TX
Eagle Pass, TX
Bracketsville, TX
U.S. Army
segregation
racism
inequity