Posted on Dec 9, 2016
The Tragic And Ignored History Of Black Veterans
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I consider this a very sad story about how the blacks have been treated since they first arrived in America. Y'all know how how I feel about them. It's just disgusting a soldier comes him from a war, with honorable Military service in a war, and is the next day after coming home. It makes me sick to read about thes atrocities.
Between the end of the Civil War and World War II, many black veterans who fought for their country’s ideals abroad became victims of violent racism at home.
On a December morning in 1918, Charles Lewis began his last day as a private in the United States Army. Just a month after the end of World War I, Lewis accepted his honorable discharge and left Camp Sherman, in Chillicothe, Ohio, one of the few military facilities that housed black soldiers. He was headed home to Alabama.
The next day he was dead, killed by a lynch mob in Fulton County, Kentucky.
Between the end of the Civil War and World War II, many black veterans who fought for their country’s ideals abroad became victims of violent racism at home.
On a December morning in 1918, Charles Lewis began his last day as a private in the United States Army. Just a month after the end of World War I, Lewis accepted his honorable discharge and left Camp Sherman, in Chillicothe, Ohio, one of the few military facilities that housed black soldiers. He was headed home to Alabama.
The next day he was dead, killed by a lynch mob in Fulton County, Kentucky.
The Tragic And Ignored History Of Black Veterans
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This is truly one of the most tragic parts of our history as a country/nation.
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One more other tragedy, I think, is the way the Tuskegee Airmen were treated when they came home. Life went back to normal. Biases, Descrimination, Hate, Beatings, Murder. The weren't allowed to fly commercial airlines, because they were black. It's a disgrace, but the Airman had an ace in the hole, the white men didn't know about. They could go to college on the GI Bill, and they did. Forgot about this.
Short history lesson:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_ww2.html
Short history lesson:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_ww2.html
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After reading this it makes me stop and think of how far yet how close this county has come from repeating such acts. We have seen people targeted based on things that make them who they are. As a white male, I know my battles were not nearly as bad as others but too have had to fight to overcome some barriers in my life. I think we can all say that. Yet, what we cannot do again as a country is limit people from overcoming their barriers. We should all have the same chances to overcome what holds us back. Limiting one's success is limiting the success of the collective.
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Sad piece of history. We can't run from it and it's time we face it. We can't apologize for the past and need to educate the future. Thanks for sharing SGT (Join to see)
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Maj Marty Hogan, I've read several books written about the tragic lives of African Americans. I consider the way they were treated, and still are in some states, the lowest form of humanity. Entire families hung next to each other by ignorant, uneducated bigots.
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