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The African-American Army : Escaped slaves fought on the British side, which promised to free them, during the American war for independence for white men. But nobody liked to talk about that much after the French won the war, although -- come to think of it -- nobody much likes ...

The first African - American female pilot for the DC National Guard always wanted to fly  - Thirty-three-year-old Elosiebo recently graduated from Army flight school, becoming the first African - American female aviator in the District of ...

Records Reveal Serious Discrimination of Black Soldiers in Olden American Army - The unit, which was largely made up of poor African American laborers from the then racially segregated South Carolina, was highly decorated, ...

Gun club teaches African American youth about gun ownership ...  - The Maryland Tenth Cavalry Gun Club, derives their name from the famous 9th and 10th Army Horse Cavalries, better known for their Native American   ...

Max Brooks's Graphic Novel 'The Harlem Hellfighters' Tells the Story of a Black Regiment in World ...  - The 369th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, was an African American unit that fought for the US Army in WWI despite ...

The Legendary Colonel Charles Young—another look at black military history  - Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking  ...

Black women worried about Army hair regulations  - Even before the current controversy, the association had already planned to showcase the hairstyles of African - American women in the military ...

Gov. O'Malley Announces Md. Army Guard's First Black /Female ... Officials say 49-year-old Singh will be the first female and first African - American in the post. Singh, who currently serves as director of the Maryland National  ...

The Newspaper Editor Who Led a Racist Attack on US Soldiers - The US Army would be segregated until 1948, and these soldiers from the 366th infantry regiment were all African American . They would be stationed ...

Negro' is still an approved way to refer to black people, says US Army  - context of the armed forces, a paragraph on “black or African American ” reads: “A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

The U.S. Army set aside the court-martial convictions from a century ago of 110 African American soldiers. View article...

Almost 180,000 African American men enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, serving in segregated units led by white and noncommissioned ... View article...

Military backslides on ethnic diversity  - She joins five other African - American four-star commanders — the highest possible rank — already serving in the Army, Air Force and Navy. "It is very  ...

Pentagon vows to untwist black hairstyle controversy  - The Pentagon will review its policies on hairstyles following backlash from African - American soldiers, who said the Army's ...

Army Bans Braids and Twists Because They Don't Understand Black Hair  - Attention people who don't have natural black hair, African American coils are not the same as other coils. As a result, creating rules that are easily ...