General NMU. Camp Kittiwake Merchant Marine Rest Center, 1944
File — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Facility located in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The town passed Jim Crow segregation ordinances to prohibit African-American merchant seamen from being treated there. The NMU appealed to the War Shipping Administration to stop the ordinance; it declined
Dates
- 1944
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
From the Collection:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
9.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository