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On this Valentines Day I thank the Black Men and Women who came before me,
from the Start of this Nation in its revolution,
Through the trials of its Civil War,
through World War I and II, into the Korean and Vietnam

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When a Black British maintenance worker discovered bullet holes in the woodwork in 1980, he asked locals how they could have got there. He was told that they were the remnants of the Battle of Bamber Bridge, when Black

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Who was a French Resistance agent during WW2, after running away from home in St Louis, and then the U.S. because of the racism and discrimination she faced here?

Josephine Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP1BLNiP5w4

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The MEN of the 761st Tank Battalion entered combat at Morville-les-Vic on November 7, 1944. In an "inferno" of battle, they proved their worth in the first of a series of

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After the Civil war, Congress reorganized the U.S. Army into 10 cavalry regiments and 45 infantry regiments. These included 2 regiments of black cavalry (the 9th and 10th) formed at Ft Leavenworth,

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Medal of Honor recipient William H. Carney
He was born into slavery in southern Virginia in 1840, but his father escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad, then earned enough money to buy the

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In May 1863 the War Department established the Bureau of Colored Troops for the purpose of recruiting African-American soldiers. These became the United States Colored Troops (USCT) and existing volunteer units were

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George Washington’s views on slavery changed during the Revolutionary War.
Why?
He saw 5,000 black soldiers fight bravely for the American cause.
Abolitionist aides (such as the Marquis de Lafayette, John Laurens, &

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