Black Veterans

Thank You for Your Service!

Today we are proud to acknowledge the strength and bravery of our African American Veterans.

The legacy of these courageous individuals can be found documented in the following anthology, which can be picked up in the Moorpark College Library:

Other recommended titles within our collection include (but are not limited to):

 Thunder at the Gates: the Black Civil War Regiments that Redeemed America

 by Douglas R. Egerton 

The Unkown Soldiers: Black American Troops in World War I

By Arthur E. Barbeau and Florette Henri

The African American Experience During World War II

By Neil A. Wynn

(Online Access)

Bloods: an Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans

by Wallace Terry

...And finally,

 below we highlight the life of the oldest WWII Veteran, Richard Overton,

celebrated in the following National Geographic video.

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Richard Overton