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NAACP photographs of African Americans in the Navy

Content Provider	Library of Congress - Photographs
Spatial Coverage	Maryland--Annapolis
Description	Photos show seamen performing work duties, leisure activities, training, and drilling on board naval vessels and at bases in Norfolk, Va.; Camp Robert Smalls, Great Lakes, Ill.; Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; and locations in Guam and Hawaii. Includes African American cadets in integrated classroom and training activities at the U.S. Naval Academy; some photos of seamen in recreational activities such as church services, reading, letter writing. Includes a photo of Joe Louis in a boxing exhibition at a USN base in North Africa. Two photos of sailors and civilians at an integrated dance sponsored by "messmen on the USS McCawley." Includes photos of Navy Seabees constructing bunk beds; one photo of Seabee Marvin P. Smith, New York City photographer, pictured with a film camera at a Naval photography training school. Portraits of enlisted men and officers, including the first Black Navy Lieutenant, Edward Swain Hope, Jesse Leroy Brown, the first black to receive wings from the Naval Aviation Cadet Program, and Dorie Miller receiving the Navy Cross from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor, 1942. Other prominent people represented include: Walter White (visiting an unidentified military base), Lester Granger (with officers at Pearl Harbor); and Hampton Institute President Dr. Malcolm S. MacLean.
File Format	JPG / JPEG
Language	English
Part of Series	Groups of Images (LOTs)
Requires	HTML5 supported browser
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	World War, 1939-1945--Military life--American.
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	African Americans--Military service--1940-1960.
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	United States Naval Academy--People--1940-1960.
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	Military training--1940-1960.
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	Military decorations--1940-1960.
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	United States.--Navy--People--1940-1960.
Subject Domain (in LCSH)	Military education--Maryland--Annapolis--1940-1960.
Content Type	Image
Resource Type	Photograph

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