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What 75 years of military desegregation means to us
Military Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTwo Black veterans – now serving as Maryland’s Governor and its Secretary of Veterans Affairs – reflect on Truman's promise of equality in the military.
On This Day, July 26: Truman orders desegregation of military
United Press International via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGraduating midshipmen arrive for the graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy...
On the 75th Anniversary of Armed Forces Desegregation, Republicans Don’t Get to Pretend They Support...
The Root via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn July 26, 1948, President Truman changed the course of American history when he issued Executive...
Eyeing the future, DoD leaders reflect on 75 years of desegregation
Military Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTuskegee Airmen and Montford Point Marines joined Department of Defense leaders and lawmakers at the...
The US military integrated 75 years ago. It forever changed the way America works.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen President Harry S. Truman addressed the NAACP in June 1947, becoming the first United States...
Bringing Oak Ridge’s forgotten history alive
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhile many Americans learned the secret that Oak Ridge was responsible for making the nuclear fuel for the world's first atomic bomb, hardly anyone knew,...
Don't eliminate affirmative action for military academies | Opinion
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEarlier this year, in a historic decision, the Supreme Court severely limited, if not effectively...
Three distinguished colonels led the way for others
Army Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBlack History Month provides the opportunity to reflect on events of national prominence and create a connection to our current context. The year 1973...
Trailblazing Lansing superintendent who led desegregation effort dies at 92
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMatthew Prophet Jr. who led Lansing schools as the district integrated during much of the 1970s,...
Anti–Affirmative Action Zealots Are Coming for West Point
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLast year, the Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that the use of...
