Photographer Toni Frissell captured these men with a mission
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A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us | The Progressive
“The riot was a problem created by community policing in a hostile environment. It’s up to people now to decide whether there are lessons relevant to the present.” – Paul Matthews, founder of Houston’s Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
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Rollins Edwards, survivor of secret WWII mustard gas experiments and Summerville black leader, dies | The Post and Courier
A civil rights pioneer in Dorchester County and World War II veteran who was subject to classified Army chemical weapons tests and forced to keep quiet about the experience for decades, has died.
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1st Black astronaut honored on 50th anniversary of death | The Philadelphia Tribune
With a doctoral degree in physical chemistry — a rarity among test pilots — Lawrence was “definitely on the fast track,” Crippen said. He graduated from high school at age 16 and college at 20.
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The overlooked story of 104 African American doctors who fought in World War I | The Washington Post
By the time Louis T. Wright headed to France as an Army doctor, he was accustomed to discrimination — and accustomed to fighting it.
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African Americans in the armed forces – in pictures – The Guardian
From the civil war to Iraq, African Americans have played a key role in the US military.
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Three African American Civil War vets to be relocated, buried at Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
Three Cumberland County men who died after serving our country were buried in the forgotten remnants of an overgrown cemetery, their stories lost in the woods and in the pages of history.
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Five Ways To Honor Our Nation’s Black Heroes This Veterans Day | HuffPost
We owe the 2.7 million African American veterans in the U.S. a great debt.
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Coast Guard Looks To HBCUs To Increase Its Minority Ranks
As one the nation’s largest Coast Guard air stations announced plans to increase minority enrollment by working with Elizabeth City State University, Norfolk State University said it will help students who are interested in a career with the Coast Guard.
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Honoring the heroic ‘Montford Pointers,’ the African American Marines the Corps Didn’t Want
“If it were a question on having a Marine Corps of 5,000 Whites or 250,000 Negroes, I would rather have the Whites.”
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