Military Series – Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James Jr.
Vernon Baker was one of seven Black service members who were presented with the Medal of Honor for their service during World War II.
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Military Series – Celebrating Vernon Baker
Vernon Baker was one of seven Black service members who were presented with the Medal of Honor for their service during World War II.
Military Series – Celebrating Hazel Johnson-Brown
Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown was a nurse and educator who served with the U.S. Army from 1955-1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the U.S. Army and the first black chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She was also the director of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing.
Military Series – Celebrating Peter Salem
Peter Salem was an African-American from Massachusetts who served as a U.S. soldier in the American Revolutionary War. Born into slavery in Framingham, he was freed by a later master, Major Lawson Buckminster, to serve in the local militia. He then enlisted in the Continental Army, serving for nearly five years during the war.
2025 Black History Month
The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and
working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective
experiences of Black people.
Announcing the John Dickinson Plantation project
Read the article and watch the segment on CoastTV for an update on the new John Dickinson Plantation project.