https://www.forgottenstruggles.com/home daily 1.0 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b9cfebe1df667db10305d4/59fa3a2d-aa2c-48a9-b755-fcc46c4f6cdf/forgotten-struggle-cover.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b9cfebe1df667db10305d4/1673186534207-VSVUBWPEIQ6GQU0GJDMH/newspaper-korean-war-segregation-truman.jpg Home - Chicago Defender The Chicago Defender, a powerful and influential black owned newspaper, on July 31st, 1948 published the headline “President Truman Wipes Out Segregation in Armed Forces.” As a newspaper owned and operated by African-Americans, the desegregation of the US military was viewed as a key victory in the fight for African-Americans securing their full rights as American citizens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b9cfebe1df667db10305d4/1673186247282-FC0LXLDKX2K4X236SZLU/korean-war-truman-administation.png Home - Executive Order 9981 On January 12th, 1949, roughly six months after President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, the Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity met. Headed by Charles H. Fahy, the purpose of this committee was to ensure the slow, delicate process of integrating the US military took place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b9cfebe1df667db10305d4/1673186245940-DV1R4RU0O1OCDT29GIHV/korean-war-african-american-troops.png Home - General MacArthur and 24th Infantry General MacArthur inspecting troops of the 24th Infantry upon his arrival at Kimpo Airfield on February 21st, 1951. A few months later General MacArthur would be relieved of duty by President Harry Truman. As President Harry Truman eloquently put it, “I fired him because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the President…I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that’s not against the laws for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b9cfebe1df667db10305d4/1673201805376-P98M6H2BY3R3DY4F8SWD/korean-war-esign-jesse-l-brown-uss-leyte.png Home - Ensign Jesse L. Brown with his crewmates aboard the USS Leyte Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African-American naval aviator, shown walking with his crewmates aboard the USS Leyte during the Korean War. As a navy fighter pilot, he would be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, a medal given to fighter pilots who display single acts of bravery and valor during aerial flight. Ensign Jesse L. Brown would die in battle on December 4th, 1950. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b9cfebe1df667db10305d4/0e9e2bc1-d4d3-4c6a-835e-6f59bb757c82/0Y0A1649-1.jpg https://www.forgottenstruggles.com/aboutdr-otis-eliot-pope-jr daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b9cfebe1df667db10305d4/0e9e2bc1-d4d3-4c6a-835e-6f59bb757c82/otis-eliot-pope.jpg https://www.forgottenstruggles.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-01-10