On July 26th, 1948 President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, effectively creating the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. This order required the immediate desegregation of all United States military branches, units, and housing facilities. As ever on his rather progressive social crusade, President Truman faced intense criticism … Continue reading “Outstanding Veterans” Series: Ensign Jesse Brown
Category: African-American History
“Honoring Accomplishments” Series – African-Americans in the Armed Forces
An illustration by Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger showing the uniforms of soldiers from different regiments in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, 1781. The African soldier on the far left side is from the 1st Rhode Island Regiment. (Library of Congress) “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, … Continue reading “Honoring Accomplishments” Series – African-Americans in the Armed Forces
“Honoring Accomplishments” Series – African-Americans in Medicine
Stylized portrait painting of James Derham by Jeremy Paten (blackpast.org) Portrait painting of Benjamin Rush - a co-signer of the Declaration of Independence - by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1818. (Public Domain) The practice of medicine in the United States dates back to the colonial era, as does the history of African-Americans involved in it. … Continue reading “Honoring Accomplishments” Series – African-Americans in Medicine
“Honoring Accomplishments” Series – African-Americans in Literature
An original printed broadside of Jupiter Hammon’s “An Evening Thought,” his first published poem, 1761. (New York Historical Society) Original printed copy of Jupiter Hammon’s “Address to the Negroes in the State of New-York,” 1806. (Public Domain) The evolution of the African diaspora is closely intertwined with the history of the United States. Accordingly, the … Continue reading “Honoring Accomplishments” Series – African-Americans in Literature
New Blog Series: “Honoring Accomplishments” – African-American Achievements in Life and Society
Photograph of gathered attendees of the Lincoln Jubilee, a historical predecessor of Black History Month, 1915. (Public Domain) Photograph of the building where the first Black History Month celebrations took place at Kent State University, c. 1970. (Wikimedia Commons) In recognition and celebration of Black History Month, the Reagan Library Education Blog is pleased to … Continue reading New Blog Series: “Honoring Accomplishments” – African-American Achievements in Life and Society
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