Draftees at the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, December 7, 1942
Ann Arbor News, December 7, 1942
Caption
Seventeen Negro men left Ann Arbor by train this morning for Fort Custer to begin Army training. A farewell party was given for them Friday night at Dunbar Civic Center. With the group in the above photograph is Rev. C. W. Carpenter, pastor of the Second Baptist church. The men (from left to right) are: Kenneth Fox, Adoulphus P. Thompson, George Cromwell, Furman Wright, Leon F. Whitehead, Arthur F. Jones, Rev. Mr. Carpenter, Sherman Baker, Vernon B. Adams, Earl E. Jackson, Samuel Thomas, Sidney Henry Rinke, Robert M. Scott, Howard Lee Miller, Clinton Brantley, Frank Edward Bostic, Richard Anderson. The 17th inductee, William F. Hawkins, was not present when the picture was taken.
Year
1942
Month
December
Day
7
Photo
Subjects
Military Personnel
Armed Forces
Draftees
Black Americans
Black American Veterans
Michigan Central Railroad Depot
Broadway Bridge
Black History
WWII Military Personnel
LOH Employment
LOH Employment - Military
Old News
Ann Arbor News
William F. Hawkins
Kenneth Fox
Adoulphus P. Thompson
George Richard Cromwell
Furman Wright
Leon F. Whitehead
Arthur F. Jones
Charles W. Carpenter
Sherman Baker
Vernon B. Adams
Earl E. Jackson
Samuel Thomas
Sidney Henry Rinke
Robert M. Scott
Howard Lee Miller
Clinton Brantley
Frank E. Bostic
Richard Anderson
Eck Stanger
401 Depot St