World War I

Defenders of democracy

Museum Exhibit Highlights African American Contributions To World War I Victory

Brave soldiers helped defend the democracy they were denied.  [Black History Month] By 1914, slavery had been abolished by a mere 49 years and ...

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WHAT DOES MEMORIAL DAY REPRESENT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS?

[Memorial Day] African-Americans are cited as having been the first to commemorate what would become Memorial Day, though it has now been fully co-opted ...

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Trumpism: The Hate That Hate Begat, Or Chickens Coming Home To Roost

Donald Trump — making the world a more dangerous place with words [Global Perspective] The colonial climate that followed the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 ...

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Sen. Schumer To Introduce Legislation Okaying Top Medal For Sgt. Johnson, Black World War I Hero

Sen. Schumer with image of War Hero Sgt. Johnson   U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ...

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Obama: Mandela Last Great Liberator Of 20th Century

[President’s Speech At Mandela Memorial] Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and ...

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Veterans’ Day: A Time of Remembrance, Honor, Reflection

[Witness for Justice] Veterans’ Day is upon us.  Each year when this important day of remembrance comes around, we should recall the originating action ...

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God.Duty.Honor.Country. (Ode da TROOPS)

[POETRY] God.Duty.Honor.Country. (Ode da TROOPS) There is nothing else!I am a combatant… a soldier…a warrior! I live and I die by this code: GOD…DUTY…HONOR…COUNTRY!But ...