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Brief History of Black Women In The Military - http://womensmemorial.org/Education/BBH1998.html
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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African Americans in the US Army - http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/topics/afam/afam-usa.htm
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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African-Americans in the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Maritime Service - http://www.usmm.org/african-americans.html
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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Integration of the Armed Forces - http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/integrate/welcome.html
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command presents this history of African-Americans in the Armed Forces of the United States. It includes a series of articles and chronologies detailing not only the ongoing process of eliminating discrimination in the Department of Defense but highlighting African Americans' distinguished military contributions. |
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Integration of the Armed Forces 1940-1965 - http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/integration/IAF-fm.htm
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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The Negro in the Regular Army - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/VilNegr.html
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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Atlantic Monthly - Success Story: Blacks in the Military - http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/defense/moskos.htm
This article written in May 1986 discusses the success black soldiers have enjoyed in climbing the ranks of the military. |
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African American Warriors - http://www.aawar.net/default.htm
Lists African American Medal of Honor recipients and covers African American units and individuals throughout US history. |
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African Americans in the Military - http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/military/
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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Over 100 Years Later, Black Cadet Gets his Due - http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/016.html
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. |