Black Newspapers Banned at Camp Howze
Item
- Title
- Black Newspapers Banned at Camp Howze
- Description
- A letter from a black soldier at Camp Howze to Truman K. Gibson, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, in which the soldier asks why the camp's post exchange for black servicemen will not sell the Pittsburgh Courier, a highly regarded black newspaper. This was significant because news reports in local publications including the Camp Howze Howitzer rarely included stories of black citizens or service members, choosing instead to report exclusively on white Americans' experiences and perspectives that often demeaned black Americans.
- Date
- 1944-08-02
- Source
- McGuire Collection of Letters from Black Soldiers. 1941-1946. William Madison Randall Library, University of North Carolina Wilmington. January 19, 1988. https://library.uncw.edu/web/collections/manuscript/MS051.html. Reynolds, E.L., "Letter to Truman K. Gibson," August 2, 1944. https://hv-proquest-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/pdfs/101101/101101_011_0808/101101_011_0808_From_1_to_4.pdf.
- Subject
- World War II
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World War 2
- WWII
- WW2
- Pittsburgh Courier
- Black newspaper
- black soldier
- negro soldier
- colored soldier
- Truman K. Gibson
- Private E.L. Reynolds
- 652 Ord. Arm. Co.
