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Tuskegee now hosts NROTC program on campus
Tuskegee is now one of eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities that host NROTC units. HBCU-hosted NROTC units have produced numerous prominent officers through the years.
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African American WACs Served In a Unique Battalion
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was unique in the annals of World War II history. It was the only all-African American, all-female unit to serve overseas. Read about these amazing women!
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Today in Black History (October 1st)
Donny Hathaway was born October 1, 1946.
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Today in Black History (September 23rd)
Jazz Saxophone player John Coltrane was born September 23, 1926.
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Today in Black History (September 16th)
B. B. King was born September 16, 1925
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Today in Black History (Sept. 15)
On September 15, 1963, four African American schoolgirls were killed in a bombing at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
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Today in Black History (August 12)
On August 12, 1922, the home of Frederick Douglass in Washington D.C. was dedicated as a national memorial.