Profiles in African-American Chaplaincy

Image credit: https://www.loc.gov/item/2001696877/
Image credit: https://www.loc.gov/item/2001696877/

Douglas LT Robinson

Chaplain, United States Army

Born: Unknown, United Kingdom

Died: Unknown, United Kingdom

Field of chaplaincy: military

  • In 1944, Robinson was promoted to the rank of Major.
  • Robinson served as a chaplain for a Veterans Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
  • In 1957, Robinson helped organize the Connectional Council of the AME.

Citations:

Letter, 1957 March 26, Chaplain Douglas L.T. Robinson to Adams discussing preparations for the Connectional Council

LaVonne Leslie, The History of the National Association of Colored Women’ Clubs, Inc.: A Legacy of Service

Colonel Richard C. Cumming putting insignia on Chaplain Douglas L.T. Robinson, Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama. Tuskegee Alabama, None. [Between 1941 and 1945] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001696877/.