Johnson Whittaker, one of the first black cadets at West Point, was unjustly court-martialed at the time. In 1995 President Clinton posthumously gave him a commission.
The National Archives Digital Classroom tells the story of the "Harlem Hellfighters".
Morris J. MacGregor, Jr. and the Center of Military History, United States Army, tell the story of integration in this online book.
Follows the history of African Americans in the United States armed forces. Includes many pictures, quotations, a timeline and a lengthy bibliography.
The Women in Military Service for American Memorial overviews the service of black women from the Revolutionary War to the present.
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