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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 video, which made its online debut in 2012, is YouTube's most viral veteran homecoming video with more than 21 million views to date. In celebration of Veterans Day weekend, the video-sharing ...
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 ...
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 ...
Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first emergency medical service in the United States to be staffed by paramedics with medical training beyond basic first aid. [1] [2] Founded in 1967 to serve the predominantly Black Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it was staffed entirely by African Americans.
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 ...
Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic on Monday filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Veterans Affairs The post Black disabled veteran files suit against the VA ...
The largest NAACP Youth Council during the Civil Rights Movement was the Peekskill, NY NAACP Youth Council from 1955 to 1956. The Council had over 400 members and over 80% were white. The President was Offie Wortham. The largest NAACP College Chapter during the Movement was the Antioch College NAACP College Chapter in Yellow Springs, Ohio.