Good Morning POU! Today's featured hero was a honoree on the "Badass of the Week" site that is dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients. Dwight Hal Johnson Johnson was born on May 7, 1947, and lived in the E. J. Jeffries Homes, in Detroit, Michigan. He never knew his father, and his mother raised Dwight and his younger brother by herself. Drafted to serve in the … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African American Military Heroes
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Tuesday Open Thread: African American Military Heroes
Good Morning POU! We continue honoring our Medal of Honor recipients. Today's honoree was a member of the famed 761st Tank Battalion during World War II. Read more about "Black Panthers" as they were called, in the POU archives here. Ruben Rivers Ruben Rivers (1921 – November 19, 1944) was a Staff Sergeant in the 761st Tank Battalion, a black tank battalion which … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African American Military Heroes
Monday Open Thread: African American Military Heroes
Good Morning POU! Today is Memorial Day and this week we will feature African American soldiers awarded the highest military honor, the Medal of Honor. This is our second feature of military heroes. You can revisit the first series by searching "Medal of Honor" on our homepage. Milton Olive III When one Black boy came into this world in Chicago on November 7, … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African American Military Heroes
Saturday Open Thread: African Kings and Queens in the past
Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787 – c. 24 September 1828), also known as Shaka[a] Zulu (Zulu pronunciation: [ˈʃaːɠa]), was one of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu Kingdom. He is widely credited with uniting many of the Northern Nguni people, specifically the Mthethwa Paramountcy and the Ndwandwe into the Zulu Kingdom, the beginnings of a nation that held sway over the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African Kings and Queens in the past
Saturday Open Thread: African American War Heroes
Welcome to the Weekend POU! Our final feature this week is a Vietnam War Hero, who finally received his honor in 2014. Melvin Morris March 18, 2014 was a day unlike any other day for Sgt. 1st Class Frederick Hinton from U.S. Army Africa's Logistics Directorate. It's the day President Barack Obama awarded his biggest hero, who just happens to be his uncle, retired … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African American War Heroes