African American veterans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Graham W. Jackson papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS526
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to the musical career of Graham Washington Jackson. These materials consist of advertisements, autographs, booking confirmations, business and membership cards, certificates, newspaper clippings, programs, reel-to-reel audio tapes, sheet music, and song requests when Jackson worked at Pittypat’s Porch in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, this collection features some of Jackson and his family's personal papers. Included are Jackson’s correspondence,...
Dates:
1918-1983, undated
National Memorial Association letter to Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS976f
Scope and Contents
This is a 1916 letter from Ferdinand D. Lee, president of the National Memorial Association written to Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. In the letter, Lee introduces the newly formed Association and invites Daniels to a public meeting at John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church in Washington, D.C. where the organization would present its objective to establish a monument in honor of African American soldiers.
Dates:
1916