Black soldiers
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Frank Petersen Jr.: ‘Quiet Giant’ Repeatedly Shattered Military Color Barriers
(Christian Science Monitor) – The US Marine Corps’ first African-American aviator, who broke multiple color barriers on his way to…
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African-American Union Army Soldiers Died on Their Way Home from War; Then History Lost Their Names
Mary Delach Leonard, ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Public Radio) — The elm and oak trees…
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Who Held the First Memorial Day Celebration?
Michael W. Twitty, THE GUARDIAN (The Guardian) — African Americans have fought and died for America from its earliest…
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