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Letter from United States Naval Reserve Force to W. E. Weeks

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United StatesNaval Reserve Force Weeks, W. E

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Letter forwarded to Du Bois concerning recruitment of African American Naval medical officers.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Armed Forces
  3. Discrimination
  4. Military Service
  5. Minorities
  6. Participation, African American
  7. Race Discrimination
  8. Recruiting, Enlistment, Etc
  9. United States
  10. World War, 1914 1918

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