In the lead up to and during World War II the military establishment continued to maintain that African-Americans soldiers were not as capable as their white counterparts and needed more intensive ...

National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned by the Army War College ...

Alfonso Domingo, co-director of the documentary “Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War”, explains the unknown work of the men who defended the rights denied to them in ...

The Army story cannot be told without reflecting on the historical achievements made by Black Americans and preserving ... in escorting bombers during World War II is unmatched by any other ...

They made a good first impression, but I have no faith in the inherent fighting ability of the race. This was what General ...

The African-American Cultural & Genealogical Society of Illinois, Inc. Museum is celebrating Black History Month with a ...

Carol Cherry never knew her father was a central character in one of the darkest chapters of American military history ... In July 1944, World War II was raging in the Pacific.

The City of Rahway will host the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition “Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight” at The ...

Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike" is about an attack by white vigilantes on Black workers.

In this edition of arts24, Dheepthika Laurent meets producer, director and actor Tyler Perry. His career spans decades, with ...

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – Freedom is Not Free: Letters from African American WWII Soldiers to Rev. Nash (pastor of the Michigan Street Baptist Church) – Lillie Wiley- Upshaw, Racheal ...