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.…
Easter Sunday. March 10, 1945. World War II. Germany. Technical Sergeant William E. Thomas and Private First Class Joseph Jackson, originally from the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, but part of the 969th Field Artillery Battalion when this photo was taken. The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion was a racially segregated unit of…
In 1919, Emmett Jay Scott, a journalist, founding newspaper editor, government official, educator, and author published “Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War”. “Scott’s official history of the American Negro in the World War is a complete and authentic narration, from official sources, of the participation…
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…