Tag: military integration
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Discover how General Roscoe Robinson Jr. rose from St. Louis to become the U.S. Army’s first Black four-star general and West Point’s highest-ranking Black graduate despite military segregation.
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Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg, the first African American Army officer to reach the rank of lieutenant general, passed away at 96. Months before his death, Fort Lee in Virginia was renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in his honor.
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William Goines, the first Black Navy SEAL, passes away at 88, leaving a legacy of excellence and diversity in Naval Special Warfare. His journey from segregated Ohio to elite special operations inspires future generations.
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- 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
- Alvin Vincent Blount Jr. Led Battlefield Surgery in Korea as the First Black Chief Surgeon in a MASH Unit
- Ebony Twilley Martin Named Greenpeace’s First Black Executive Director After Decades of Environmental Exclusion
