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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.

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.

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.

African-Americans in Military History - http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/afhist/aftoc.htm
Extensive bibliography on black soldiers in the American forces from the Revolution to WWII, by the US Airforce University.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Teaching With Documents: Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans during World War I - http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/369th-infantry/
The National Archives Digital Classroom tells the story of the "Harlem Hellfighters".

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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