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The Black Veterans Empowerment Council (BVEC), a coalition of 19 Black veteran groups, met in Washington this week to discuss The post The Black Veterans Empowerment Council aims to bring equity ...
The National Association for Black Veterans (NABVETS) is a nationally certified Veterans Service Organization and a United States Department of Veterans Affairs claims representative. NABVETS has membership and chapters throughout the United States and Puerto Rico , providing personal advocacy on behalf of veterans seeking claims against the ...
Pennsylvania's first African American newspaper was The Mystery, published in Pittsburgh by Martin Robison Delany from 1843 to 1847. [ 2 ] Today, Pennsylvania is home to numerous active African American newspapers, including the oldest such newspaper nationwide, the Philadelphia Tribune .
On August 16, 1917, Senator James K. Vardaman of Mississippi spoke of his fear of black veterans returning to the South, as he viewed that it would "inevitably lead to disaster." [6] To the American South, the use of black soldiers in the military was a threat, not a virtue. "Impress the negro with the fact that he is defending the flag ...
The Black community, including veterans, has been hurt by COVID-19 and unemployment, and there is a need for more equity in access to health care. Advancing equity: The Black veteran community’s ...
Black veterans who ask the VA for physical or mental health benefits are less likely to get them than white veterans. The VA is launching a new effort to fix that.
The former sailor is a The post Black veterans turn to community volunteering to help fellow veterans in need appeared first on TheGrio. When Lashena Boyer left the Navy in 2011, her commitment to ...
The 2009 grand opening The stage. The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is a U.S. nonprofit arts organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that presents performing and visual arts programs that celebrate the contributions of African Americans not only in Western Pennsylvania, but nationally and internationally.