Why African-American Soldiers Saw World War II as a Two-Front Battle Drawing the connection between fascism abroad and hate at home, pre-Civil Rights activists declared the necessity of “double ...

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 ...

African-American airplane mechanics of the 99th Pursuit Squadron inspect the engine of a BT-13 Valiant trainer aircraft at the new U.S. Army Flying School in Tuskegee, Ala., Sept. 5, 1942.

More than 6,500 African American women served in the Women's Army Corps throughout World War II. In 1948, America's military was integrated.

The exhibit spotlights the more than 1.2 million African Americans in uniform during World War II, including thousands of drivers and other logistical support workers, the 6,500-member all-Black ...

More than 380,000 African Americans served in the Army during World War I, according to the National Archives. Approximately 200,000 of these were sent to Europe.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Lawrence Brooks joined the military, it was still segregated. Yet the 107-year-old African-American World War II veteran has lived long enough not only to see ...

The experience of African American soldiers in France is contrasted with the prejudices faced in their own military. New social and military freedoms acquired from serving with French military ...

The series explores the experiences of African-American and Latino soldiers, suffragists, Native American “code talkers,” and others whose participation in the war to “make the world safe ...

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