Meet the 100-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman Who Proved Racism Wrong and Inspired Generations
When Eugene Richardson joined the Army in 1944, it was segregated, and no Black man had ever served as a pilot in the military. Still, Richardson wanted to be a pilot. He knew that “things would be better in the future. They’re not always going to be as it were at that particular moment,” Richardson […]
UK Village Marks Struggle Against US Army Racism in World War II
BAMBER BRIDGE, England (AP) — The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is proud of the blow it struck against racism in the U.S. military during World War II. When an all-Black truck regiment was stationed in the village, residents refused to accept the segregation ingrained in the U.S. Army. Ignoring pressure from British […]
Austin Recounts Childhood Struggles With Racism in University Address Focused on Military Inclusion
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stood before the graduating students of Fayetteville State University on Saturday, the first Black person to lead the Pentagon speaking to the latest class at a historically Black college. Among the graduates to hear Austin’s commencement address were 17 about to become newly minted second lieutenants from […]