Black Servicemen

#UnsungHeroes: The Story of the Wereth 11, Black Soldiers Kidnapped and Killed During World War II

May 25, 2020

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Today is Memorial Day, a day honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. During World War II, eleven Black US soldiers were taken prisoner and killed after taking refuge in the Belgian village of Wereth. Their names were: Curtis Adams, Mager Bradley, George Davis, Thomas J.…

#OnThisDay: Remembering the Sentencing and Execution of Black Soldiers After the 1917 Houston Race Riots at Camp Logan

August 23, 2019

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This is a difficult part of our history where the heroes become the bad guys. Over 100 years later & this is still up to interpretation. That said, context matters. In regards to this incident, the backdrop is a Jim Crow Houston,TX, a hostile environment for black servicemen who had…