The Harlem Hellfighters

From the foundational battlefields of the Revolutionary War, to the Civil War that finally broke the shackles of slavery, to WW2’s celebrated Tuskegee Airmen, and to the complex conflicts of the present day, African Americans have fought in every single war of the United States.  Some are famous, like the Buffalo Soldiers of the Civil …

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Short Cuts

I have to be honest. There are sometimes not enough hours in the day for me to put together a semi-coherent piece of writing to tell all the Tales of Awesomeness that I want to tell. This site’s purpose, in fact, is to try to bring to one place the disparate stories of heroes and …

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Isaac Wright Jr.

As I write this post, there are multiple protests going on across the country for police reform and redress to social injustices to the lives Africa-Americans.  Black Lives Matter has become a movement that’s taken on urgent energy and its themes and goals have made the whole world take notice.  A couple of years ago …

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Mamie Tape and an untold story of a fight for desegregation in America

Martin Luther King Jr said that the arc of the universe is long but it bends towards justice.  I have faith that he is right, but that arc is sometimes very long and goes in convoluted paths. Take for instance, the story of school desegregation.  From the standard American History textbooks you’d learn that Brown …

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