[wp_ad_camp_1] 1770 – Crispus Attucks On this day, Crispus Attucks, an escaped slave became the first man killed in the cause of America’s freedom. This event is better known as the ‘Boston Massacre’. [wp_ad_camp_2]1985 – Mary McLeod Bethune commemorative stamp...
Tuskegee Airmen Esta...
posted by Gaius Chamberlain
[wp_ad_camp_1] 1942 – Tuskegee Airmen initiated The Army Air Corps’ all African American 100th Pursuit Squadron, later designated a fighter squadron, was activated at Tuskegee Institute. The squadron served honorably in England and in other regions of the European continent during...
Gen Benjamin O. Davi...
posted by Gaius Chamberlain
[wp_ad_camp_1] General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Born. 1912 – General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was born on this day in Washington, DC. Davis was the son of Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., a renowned military officer, the first Black General in the United States Army. Davis, Jr....