Series IX. Coordinator of Negro Civilian Defense Activities, 1942-1944.

Containers:

Box 212-218

Extent:

Extent: 2.45 cubic feet (7 boxes).

Scope and content:

The Negro Civilian Defense Activities series is housed in 7 boxes and includes sub-series for correspondence with localities, and correspondence and subject files. These files were maintained by Coordinator James F. Nicholas and include incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting and conference notes, memoranda, news clippings, publications and reports. Topics include local representatives (appointments, recommendations, resignations), programming, reporting, training, meetings and prospective visits, and issues of local interest. Original folder titles have been retained.

Special interest items include: Program and Proceedings of the 38th Annual Session Grand United Order of Moses, Charlotte Court House, 1942, and Program of the 39th Annual Gathering of The Grand United Order of Moses, Charlotte Court House, 1943 (Box 212, Folder 16); Program of the 66th Annual Celebration of the Emancipation of the Colored People in the USA (Emancipation Proclamation Association), Tappahannock, 1943 (Box 212, Folder 23); Pamphlet - Fairfax County Colored Citizens Assocaition, 1941 (Box 212, Folder 24); Program - Tenth Annual Commencement Exercises of the Medical College of Virginia, St. Philip School of Nursing, 1944 (Box 215, Folder 13); Pamphlet - The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, n.d. (Box 215, Folder 13); Program - Dedication of Service Flag, Manassas Industrial School, 1943 (Box 215, Folder 13); Program - Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Negro Organization Society of Virginia, Chatham, 1942 (Box 215, Folder 15); Silver Jubilee Program of the Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Negro Organization Society, Charlotte Court House, 1937 (Box 215, Folder 15); and Pamphlet - Negro Organization Society, n.d. (Box 215, Folder 15).

James F. Nicholas was appointed Coordinator of Negro Civilian Defense Activities in June of 1942 and tasked with coordinating African American participation in protective and war service activities. He worked with local defense councils to secure African American represenation and to increase volunteer involvement in local war time endeavors. He also worked closely with the Racial Relations Advisor of the Third Civilian Defense Region. Nicholas resigned in August 1944 to take a position at Virginia State College.

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