African American WWII veterans to be honored in NashvilleGray, Daniel
The African American coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) and his assistant Bill Yoast (Will Patton), who is white, must work together to unite their racially divided team. As they battle prejudice and adversity both on and off the pitch, their struggles culminate in a high-stakes ...
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First of all, this month in the US isAfrican/African-American History Month. Beyond Victoriana has done features relating to this event in the past (check out our stuff onBlack Victoriana in 2010andAfrican/African-American Heritage series in 2011) and this year I want to spotlight a venture ...
TheDictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biographyis a major biographical reference work covering the lives and legacies of notable Afro-descendants from the Caribbean and Latin American, men and women from all eras and walks of life. ...
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AND INTRODUCTIONBetween 1940 and 1960 much of the African American population of the United States experienced astaggering process of relocation, from their roots in the "deep South" to areas of the northeast. Trenton,New Jersey, as a metropolis with a history of booming industry, was one of ...
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This thesis attempts to show that the post-WWII experience of Knoxville's African American veterans was different from what it was after WWI because of the changing sympathies of the federal government, rather than because of changes within the African American community. In many ways, African ...
And African Americans who didn’t see combat also were instrumental in defeating the Germans. Red Cross nurses -- one of the roles African American women filled -- marching in New York City during World War I. The exhibition says African-American wome...