In the lead up to and during World War II the military establishment continued to maintain that African-Americans soldiers were not as capable as their white counterparts and needed more intensive ...

Rosie the Riveters is a term to describe women who took on industrial and government jobs during WWII. Millions of women stepped up to help, including African American women.

Few know the significant role millions of women played during World War II efforts. Those women were called Rosie the Riveters and many of them were African American women. Ray Strickland highlights a ...

National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned by the Army War College ...

ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN)-- The honors were late but still well-received Wednesday for members of the first all-African-American, all-female unit to serve overseas in World War II. During the war ...

"There was not a lot of recognition of African Americans in World War II. There was not a lot of recognition of women in World War II. And that recognition, the recognition that there should be ...

"A great story, and rarely has a story been told on African Americans in World War II, but this African American unit of all females," he said. Their story is now a Netflix movie starring Kerry ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – One of the newer exhibits at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson is about African Americans who served during World War II. Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your ...

Orlando International Airport is paying tribute to a special group of African-American servicemen in the US Army Air Forces.