Tag: African American soldiers
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Remembering Sgt. Joe Harris of the Army’s first all-Black parachute battalion who defended America while fighting racism during WWII.
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Marvin Gilmore, one of the pioneering Black soldiers who landed on Utah Beach during D-Day. Learn about his WWII service, his role in the civil rights movement, and his legacy as a Boston Black-owned bank co-founder
Recent Posts
- How Willis Cummings Led Penn’s Cross Country Team in 1918, Becoming the First Black Varsity Captain in Ivy League and Big Ten History
- George Arthur Roberts Was the First Black Firefighter in London and a Wartime Hero Who Helped Shape the Fire Service
- Marilyn Bevans Won Her First Marathon in 1975 and Blazed a Path as the First African American Woman to Medal at Boston
- Roscoe Robinson Jr. Rises from Segregated Ranks to Become U.S. Army’s First Black Four-Star General and West Point’s Highest-Ranking Black Graduate
- Judge Cynthia J. Ayers, First Black Woman Elected to Marion County Superior Court, Passes Away at 77
