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Rudolph “Val” Archer (1929-2020)
Tuskegee Airman Rudolph “Val” Archer was born in Woodlawn, a South Side neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois on April 13, 1929...
April 28th, 2021

William Henry Jernagin (1869-1958)
William Henry Jernagin was a Baptist minister, civil rights advocate and Organizer of the Washington Bureau of the National Fraternal...
November 27th, 2019

Edward A. Rice, Jr. (1955- )
Retired 4-star Air Force General Edward A. Rice, Jr. was raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the son of Edward A. Rice, Sr.,...
November 11th, 2017

Flip Wilson (1933-1998)
Flip Wilson was the first African American to host a hit variety series on television. The Flip Wilson Show aired...
July 31st, 2007

Montford Point Marines (1942-1949)
With the beginning of World War II African Americans would get their chance to be in “the toughest outfit going,” the previously...
February 24th, 2007