Pick one historical figure or group listed below- each of these people or groups are connected to African American Military History from 1877 to 2017. This essay is about African Americans in the United States MILITARY and the history should focus on the military service of the units, regiments and people. Tell the history of this person(s) as it relates to African American Military History and remember to cite where you found your information.
Remember that this is a formal essay and you need an introduction (with a thesis statement), body, and conclusion paragraphs. You must also use at least one academic source. Pick one from the list below of African American Military figures.
Dorie Miller
James Stone
Harlem Hellfighters-369th Infantry
James Reese Europe
Henry Johnson
Needham Roberts
1918 Army Nurse Corps
78th Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Regiment
Charles B. Hall
Triple Nickels -555th Parachute Infantry Company
Harriet M. Waddy
Nancy Leftenant-Colon
William Henry Thompson
Clotilde Dent Bowen
Fred Moore
Milton L. Olive III
Benjamin L. Hunton
Frederic E. Davidson
Clara Leach Adams-Ender
Hazel Winifred Johnson
Roscoe Robinson Jr.
Sherian Grace Cadoria
Henry Doctor Jr.
Freddie Stowers
Larry Jordan
Imam Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad
Gene C. McKinney
Vernon Baker
Erroll M. Brown
Samuel A. Woods Jr.
Wesley A. Brown
Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr.
Ruth Lucas
Juanita Bell
Lloyd W. Fig Newton
Daniel H. Chappie James Jr.
Marcelite Jordan Harris
Virgil and Sheldon Starkes
Carlette CJ Jones
James E. Johnson
Frederick C. Branch
Frank E. Peterson Jr.
James Anderson Jr.
Alford McMichael
Denise H. Hoover
Gilda Jackson
Henry Ossian Flipper
Walter E. Gaskin Sr.
Jeannette Winters
Vertner W. Tandy
Irene Trowell-Harris
Bernard Whitfield Robinson
“The Fighting Eight” Army Regiment of Chicago
William Baldwin
USS Harmon
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr.
1944 WAVES-Negro division
Phyllis Mae Dailey
Carl Maxie Brashear
Jesse Leroy Brown
Michelle Howard
Donnie Cochran
Henry McNeal Turner
Henry Vinson Plummer
Buffalo Soldiers (after 1877)
Charles Young
Allen Allensworth (after 1877)
Fort Des Moines, Iowa
Leo Pinckney
370th Infantry Regiment
Lillian Elaine Fishburne
J. Paul Reason
Eugene Bullard
51st and 52nd Defense Battalion
51st Composite Defense Battalion
Ronald Bailey
92nd Infantry unit
332nd Fighter group of the Tuskegee Airmen
