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An Army Fort Named After Robert E. Lee Will Now Honor Two Pioneering Black Officers | NPR
The post is one of nine that the Pentagon has said will be redesignated to remove names, symbols or other displays that commemorate the Confederacy.
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Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins Becomes The First Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute | Black Enterprise
— DEREK MAJOR, BLACK ENTERPRISE Retired Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins has been named interim superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, (VMI) becoming the first Black man to lead the school. Wins was given the position of superintendent following an affirmative vote by the VMI Board of Visitors Executive Committee. The major general graduated from […]
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The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color | The New York Times
A respected, combat-tested Black colonel has been passed over three times for promotion to brigadier general. What does his fate say about the Corps? By Helene Cooper, The New York Times WASHINGTON — All things being equal, Col. Anthony Henderson has the military background that the Marine Corps says it prizes in a general: multiple […]
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‘The 24th’ Review: The Story Behind a Mutiny | The New York Times
An African-American regiment revolts against a racist police force in Kevin Willmott’s World War I drama. By Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times Set in Jim Crow-era Texas during World War I, Kevin Willmott’s “The 24th” dramatizes real-life events so inherently appalling — and so presently relevant — that we should never feel less than […]
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. | National Geographic
How this African-American pilot helped fly the United States to victory By Rachel Buchholz, National Geographic Nothing was going to stop Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., from becoming a pilot. Not his white classmates at West Point, a military academy, refusing to be his roommate. Or being banned from an all-white officers’ club, even though he was […]
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