Reminiscences of Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. : oral history, 1973.

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Reminiscences of Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. : oral history, 1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122684213

Influences on military to integrate in 1940s; Air Force attitudes toward integration; 1948 policy and implementation; representative to Fahy Committee.

Transcript: 38 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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