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The boxing champ who took on segregation during WWII — and won

A new book revives the often-overlooked story of boxing legend Joe Louis and his fight against racial segregation in the U.S.

Memorial to Black US soldiers who died in WW2 quietly removed

The panels, only displayed last year, were taken down earlier this summer, the Black Liberators told Newsweek.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Congress honors World War II Marines who endured segregation

WASHINGTON • Charlie Lockett and John Tilghman heard leaders of the U.S. Senate and House praise them for their courage. They listened to the House chaplain decry the "unrepentant racism" they endured ...
WUNC

Missing since World War II, the remains of a sailor from a segregated Navy branch return home

Eighty-four years after the Pearl Harbor attack, the remains of one of the last victims to be identified from the battleship USS West Virginia have come home to North Carolina. Mess Attendant 3rd ...

Several panels depicting black soldiers removed from a World War II cemetery in the Netherlands: fears that this is part of Trump’s campaign to rewrite history

Concerned officials in the Netherlands have inquired why information about Black US WWII service members has been removed ...

Display about Black soldiers removed from World War II US military cemetery

The information panels were removed following ‘an internal review of interpretive content,’ according to the American Battle ...
WUFT

Rochelle community rallies to honor, give context to historical cemeteries with slavery, segregation and war pasts

Members of the Rochelle community want to preserve and recognize their history through obtaining historical markers for two of their cemeteries. Rochelle residents want historical markers for Oak ...