Military History American African African
Military History American African African
Military
This category covers African-American achievement in military history. African-Americans in military service, their units, and officers of those units should be featured here.
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 - The Army Corps of Engineers presents this history of African American participation in the Armed Forces. It covers service prior to the American Revolution and goes through integration and the Korean Conflict. It also includes black participation in the B
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- University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center presents a transcription of historian Oswald Villard's Atlantic Monthly article about African-Americans.
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- The Women in Military Service for American Memorial overviews the service of black women from the Revolutionary War to the present.
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- US Merchant Marines offer a small tribute to the African-Americans who served in WWII. View photographs of some of the soldiers.
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- This article written in May 1986 discusses the success black soldiers have enjoyed in climbing the ranks of the military.
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- This section of the official US Air Force site lists several bibliographies related to African-American service in the US Military.
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- This section of the official US Army site highlights African-American service. It discusses notable African-American officers and units and key events. It also includes several photo galleries.
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- A site devoted to giving African Americans the respect they deserve. They have fought in every major war in the US.
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- Follows the history of African Americans in the United States armed forces. Includes many pictures, quotations, a timeline and a lengthy bibliography.
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- The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command presents this history of African-Americans in the Armed Forces of the United States. It contains a series of articles and chronologies detailing not only the ongoing process of eliminating discrimination in the D
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- Look at photos of African Americans in the military, read about the Tuskegee Airmen, the buffalo soldiers, the Harlem Hellfighters, a female buffalo soldier, and the integration of African Americans in the army.
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- The National Archives Digital Classroom tells the story of the "Harlem Hellfighters".
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- Morris J. MacGregor, Jr. and the Center of Military History, United States Army, tell the story of integration in this online book.
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- Johnson Whittaker, one of the first black cadets at West Point, was unjustly court-martialed at the time. In 1995 President Clinton posthumously gave him a commission.
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- Read an 1895 speech written by Christian Fleetwood that details the role of African-American soldiers in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
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- Lists African American Medal of Honor recipients and covers African American units and individuals throughout US history.
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