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June 18, 1943
Minneapolis Spokesman
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
NAACP Secretary Walter White requests President Roosevelt receive a committee to present a statement from the Detroit conference calling for an end to racial discrimination in the U.S. armed forces during WWII.
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FDR ASKED TO RECEIVE COMMITTEE PRESENTING "STATEMENT TO NATION"
Washington, D. C.—In a telegram to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Walter White, NAACP Secretary, requested this week that a committee be received to present the Statement to the Nation adopted by the Emergency Conference on the Status of the Negro in the War for Freedom called by the Association at Detroit, June 3-6.
The Statement, a powerful document which calls upon the President, as Commander-in-Chief with full power to end discrimination and segregation in the armed forces, to "use that power now," and which states that by the continued exploitation of racial concepts and the degrading of the Negro "democracy remains a wordy fiction rather than a working fact." was adopted by vote of NAACP delegates from 39 states in the final session of the Conference Saturday afternoon, June 5.
Washington, D. C.—In a telegram to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Walter White, NAACP Secretary, requested this week that a committee be received to present the Statement to the Nation adopted by the Emergency Conference on the Status of the Negro in the War for Freedom called by the Association at Detroit, June 3-6.
The Statement, a powerful document which calls upon the President, as Commander-in-Chief with full power to end discrimination and segregation in the armed forces, to "use that power now," and which states that by the continued exploitation of racial concepts and the degrading of the Negro "democracy remains a wordy fiction rather than a working fact." was adopted by vote of NAACP delegates from 39 states in the final session of the Conference Saturday afternoon, June 5.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Naacp
Fdr
Discrimination
Segregation
Armed Forces
Civil Rights Conference
What entities or persons were involved?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter White
Where did it happen?
Washington, D. C.; Detroit
Story Details
Key Persons
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter White
Location
Washington, D. C.; Detroit
Event Date
June 3 6
Story Details
Walter White, NAACP Secretary, telegrams President Roosevelt requesting a committee audience to present the 'Statement to the Nation' adopted at the NAACP Emergency Conference in Detroit, which urges ending discrimination and segregation in the armed forces.