Tag: Congressional Gold Medal
Black female WWII unit recognized with congressional honor
By Michael Casey, Associated Press
The House voted Monday to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with...
Willie O’Ree’s little-known journey to break the NHL’s color barrier
By Thomas J. Whalen, Boston University
Almost everybody knows about Jackie Robinson and the historic role he played integrating Major League Baseball. But mention Willie...
Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee Dies at 102
Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots...
Senate Passes Bill to Honor Emmett Till and His Mother
The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in...
Last parent of a child killed in 1963 church bombing dies
By Associated Press
Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday....
