Object Details Author Wynn, Neil A Contents Acknowledgements -- Overview -- Chronology -- Introduction: African American and war in historical context -- Chapter 1: African Americans on the eve of war ...

Object Details Author Williams, Chad Louis 1976- Contents Democracy at war : African Americans, citizenship, and the meanings of military service -- The "race question" : the U.S. government and the ...

University of Georgia history professor John Morrow and University of New Mexico history professor Robert Jefferson discussed African American World War II veterans and the civil rights movement ...

World War II has an extensive and complicated history that many historians and scholars still debate today. It is widely believed that the war began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded ...

The name of an African-American war hero will soon appear on a street where he lived in West Philadelphia. Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr. served as a medic in the fight against Adolf Hitler’s Nazi ...

National News Congressman Kweisi Mfume introduces legislation to commemorate African American World War II hero Doris Miller by Congressman Kweisi Mfume March 25, 2025 ...

And if ever the world needed that story, now is the moment.” Burying the hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members who died during World War II was a monumental task. On June 8, 1944, the U.S.

Local families have adopted all 10,000 American World War II heroes buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery and are now seeking photos to pair with the names of each U.S. war hero.