World War II photograph album belonging to an African American servicewoman, partially identified as Julia, associated with the historic 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” the only predominantly Black, all-female Women's Army Corps unit deployed overseas during World War II. Commanded by Major Charity Adams.....

[WWI] [African American] [Military] Three Black studio portrait photographs circa 1912 to 1915 documenting African American Regular Army service just prior to the entry years of World War I, when Black soldiers served in segregated units while federal military expansion and national debates over Black enlistment intensified. Identified through inscription.....

African American sailors aboard the USS Leyte (CV-32) photo album, compiled circa 1950–1951, documents daily life, labor, and camaraderie among Black enlisted men serving during the opening phase of the Korean War and in the early implementation of military desegregation under Harry S. Truman’s Executive Order 9981. Created while the.....

African American Army Transportation Corps photo archive depicting Black enlisted men and noncommissioned officers in wartime transport service, occupation duty, and domestic training between 1941 and 1952. The strongest identified material centers on the 3528th Transportation Corps Truck Company, active from 1943 to 1946, and its successor, the 551st Transportation.....

[African American Military][W.W.I] African American U.S. Army soldiers photo archive, circa 1917–1919, documenting Black military service during the First World War, when more than 350,000 African American men served in a rigidly segregated army structure. Created during the period of American mobilization following entry into the war in 1917, these.....

[African American Military][WWII] African American U.S. Navy sailors photographic archive, 1943–1946, documenting Black naval service during World War II and the immediate postwar demobilization period, capturing lived experience within a still-segregated military structure. Produced during a pivotal era when the Navy began to expand African American participation beyond steward and.....

WWII era Women’s Army Corps photo archive documenting servicewomen, including two African Americans,and four partially identified individuals. Creation of the WAC in 1942 marked the first permanent institutional incorporation of women into the U.S. Army, placing female personnel into administrative, communications, intelligence, and logistical roles across both domestic bases and.....

[African American][Music][WWII] African American nightclub photographs from early 1940s New York City documenting the intersection of Black military service and urban nightlife during World War II. Six images of African American servicemen in uniform socializing with elegantly dressed women and companions in prominent Manhattan and Harlem nightclubs. The photographs illuminate.....

Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. named in West Point graduation program of 1936, documentary evidence from the United States Military Academy marking the commissioning of the future commander of the Tuskegee Airmen and later United States Air Force general. Davis graduated from West Point in 1936 as only the fourth Black.....

African American U.S. Army soldiers photographed in Korea during the early 1950s document Black military service during the first major war fought after the desegregation of the United States armed forces. Twenty photographs dating to the Korean War era depict African American soldiers operating in field environments during active deployment.....

[African American] [Military] [World War I] Bliss, Paul S. Victory: History of the 805th Pioneer Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces. St. Paul, Minnesota: Paul S. Bliss, 1919. First edition. Scarce illustrated regimental history of the 805th Pioneer Infantry, the African American “Bearcats” of the American Expeditionary Forces, documenting Black military service.....

[African American Military][Segregation] African American soldiers’ photograph archive from the 1940s and 1950s, documenting Black military service in the Philippines and Korea during the transition from segregated World War II units to the early implementation of desegregation under President Harry S. Truman’s 1948 Executive Order 9981. 38 images showing African.....

[African American Military][WWII] Black soldier's World War II photograph album, ca. 1940s, documenting the service of Charles Turner, who trained at Camp S-101, Pennsylvania, and deployed with an all-Black Navy unit in the Pacific Theater. Created during the era of segregated armed forces, the album captures the lived experience of.....