Charlottesville event highlights history of African American military service

The event titled, “Commemorating the African American Military Experience: Telling Our Stories,” highlighted generations of ...
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Thomas County Veterans Museum plans to open by fall 2027 with ongoing fundraising efforts

The museum, which honors local veterans, hopes to secure funding and break ground by fall 2026 to educate the community and ...
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The Routledge handbook of the history of race and the American military / edited by Geoffrey W. Jensen

So necessary that we could not hold the country without them: Indian and colonial military cooperation in the colonial southeast / Julie Anne Sweet * African Americans and the American revolution / ...
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Harlem Hellfighters Awarded Congressional Gold Medal Amid Ongoing U.S. History Debate

The Harlem Hellfighters ar the most well-known group of Black World War I soldiers. The Harlem Hellfighters, a group of Black New York National Guardsmen who served in the 369th Infantry Regiment ...
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99-year-old shares memories of Hattiesburg USO

HATTIESBURG Miss. (WDAM) - When you visit the African American Military History Museum, you might not realize it, but you’ve already walked into the largest and oldest artifact that the museum has to ...
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Harlem Hellfighters ‘who faced the enemy head-on’ receive Congressional Gold Medal

WASHINGTON — The Harlem Hellfighters — an African-American regiment that fought longer on the frontlines of World War I than any other Army unit its size — were honored Wednesday with the ...
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Double Victory: The History of African Americans in the Military, From the American Revolution to the War on Terror

Salter, Krewasky A. 2016. "Double Victory: The History of African Americans in the Military, From the American Revolution to the War on Terror." In Dream A World Anew ...
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Meet the 100-year-old who proved racism wrong and inspired generations

When Eugene Richardson joined the Army in 1944, it was segregated, and no Black man had ever served as a pilot in the military. Still, Richardson wanted to be a pilot. He knew that “things would be ...
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Before his slavery remark, in 2017 Trump praised the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Here’s what he said

President Donald Trump‘s latest remark about slavery has put renewed scrutiny on the Smithsonian museums, which are currently under internal review by the White House to “remove divisive or partisan ...