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United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Abbie Voorhies DeVerges papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-361
Abstract

The Abbie Voorhies De Verges papers contain photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, and other material from Abbie Voorhies DeVerges, a nurse in the Air Force who worked at the Tuskegee Army Air Field during the Second World War.

Dates: circa 1941-1995; Majority of material found within circa 1941-1947

Theodore (Ted) Lumpkin, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-127
Abstract The collection consists of materials from former Tuskegee Airmen Ted Lumpkin, who served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, and was an active member of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. both nationally and locally in Los Angeles. Items in the collection consist mostly of photographs, both from Lumpkin's time as a Tuskegee Airmen and from events honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, as well as awards and certificates given to Lumpkin, and some materials on the history of the Tuskegee...
Dates: circa 1942-2020