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Meet Miss Black Mississippi: Entrepreneur, Veteran & Advocate

Jul 22, 2024 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Veterans, Women

Williams is the current reigning queen of Miss Black Mississippi and was elected as the inaugural Miss Black Gulf Coast. She’s the owner-operator of her own Gulfport-based fashion store, Aloha-Glamour. Her designs have appeared on runways of New York...

First-Ever Juneteenth Honor Flight Takes 26 Black Veterans To Washington Memorials

Jun 19, 2024 | Juneteenth, Veterans

The Honor Flight Network hosted its first-ever Juneteenth Honor Flight for 26 Black veterans Wednesday. Calvin Kemp, a 101-year-old World War II veteran, said the celebration meant “everything” to him. More From AP

9 Black Veterans Who Blazed A Path In Hollywood

Feb 20, 2023 | Entertainment, Veterans

Hollywood doesn’t have the best track record for recognizing the talents of people of color, and it lags far behind the progress that the U.S. military has made since President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, which created the President’s...

Denim: An All American Brand Employing Black Veterans

Oct 31, 2022 | Retail, Veterans

Denim has always been a classic American staple. Whether it is jeans to do work like construction or farming or jeans worn for style, people wear jeans almost constantly as their pants of choice. While there are many mainstream companies selling jeans, small business...

Louisiana Will Honor Black Veterans

Aug 22, 2022 | Veterans

Black Louisiana veterans from freed slaves who fought for the Union during the Civil War to modern heroes who served in the Iraq War will be honored with their first monument in Veterans Memorial Park on the State Capitol grounds. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards...

‘Service Denied’ Explores Effect of War on Veterans of Color

Aug 7, 2022 | Veterans

A new book explores how veterans of color have been affected by war across generations and the different ways the military further marginalized service members from minority groups. Jason Higgins, a postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Tech, has been conducting oral...