Level the starting line, but let merit determine the finish line.” This principle captures the essence of diversity, equity, ...

Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of society has an integration story, including the military. The Fighting ...

Lloyd "Fig" Newton was just the seventh African American to become a four-star general. He says Trump is trying to whitewash ...

Most of the 45 men who have served as president were e indifferent to the needs of Black folks or actively opposed to ...

President Woodrow Wilson facilitated the segregation of a diverse federal workforce, where Black and White professionals had ...

Cecil Bassett Moore was a Black American activist, lawyer and politician during the civil rights movement who operated mostly in Philadelphia. He was known for his more aggressive push for change and ...

Later, when then-President Harry Truman signed into effect Executive Order 9981, ending legal segregation of the U.S. military, Moore was not satisfied. He saw that even with segregation ended ...

Truman, a Missourian who cracked racist jokes, used racial slurs and opposed interracial marriage, moved the ball further for Black Americans when he signed Executive Order 9981. That order ...

As a scholar of the Tuskegee Airmen, I cannot stay silent about the removal of lessons on American history from U.S. military classrooms.