Title
Racial Disturbance Plans for Orlando, 1944
Subject
African Americans--Segregation
Racism--United States
Race relations
Black people
Riot control
Race riots
Martial law
Description
Racial disturbance plan for the city of Orlando, Florida, dated 1 August 1944, and submitted by Colonel John W. Healy of Army Special Forces, District 5, Fourth Service Command. The plan to suppress disorder related to racial disturbances includes a general estimate of the situation, "negro" and "danger" areas, available forces, evacuation plans, casualty plans, and a 1936 map of Orlando. Folder marked "secret" and "declassified."
Creator
United States. Army Service Forces
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S419
Contributor
Healy, John W.
Identifier
s419_b057_f03_01
Coverage
Florida during World War II (1939-1945)
Geographic Term
Orlando (Fla.)
Orange County (Fla.)
Jackson Street (Orlando, Fla.)
South Street (Orlando, Fla.)
Police Headquarters (Orlando, Fla.)
Orange Avenue (Orlando, Fla.)
City Hall (Orlando, Fla.)
Camp Blanding (Fla.)
Livingstone Avenue (Orlando, Fla.)
Parramore Street (Orlando, Fla.)
Fort Barrancas (Fla.)
Camp Gordon Johnston (Fla.)
Fort Galin Hotel (Orlando, Fla.)
545 North Orange Avenue (Orlando, Fla.)
37 North Orange Avenue (Orlando, Fla.)
Church Street (Orlando, Fla.)
234 South Orange Street (Orlando, Fla.)
15 Wall Street (Orlando, Fla.)
North Avenue (Orlando, Fla.)
Ivanhoe, Lake (Fla.)
Miller Avenue (Orlando, Fla.)
Reeds Alley (Orlando, Fla.)
West Robinson Avenue (Orlando, Fla.)
Chatham Street (Orlando, Fla.)
Legion Park (Orlando, Fla.)
Tinker Field (Orlando, Fla.)
Tampa Avenue (Orlando, Fla.)
Church Street (Orlando, Fla.)
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