TrueWordMinistry
No Result
View All Result
Sunday, March 7, 2021
  • HOME
  • BLACK NEWS
  • BLACK STARS
  • AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • PODCAST
DONATE
Order Book
  • HOME
  • BLACK NEWS
  • BLACK STARS
  • AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • PODCAST
No Result
View All Result
TrueWordMinistry
No Result
View All Result
Home AFRICAN DIASPORA

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER

Stephen Small by Stephen Small
December 4, 2019
Reading Time: 3min read
0
women serve military

RELATED POSTS

Nigeria’s Zamfara school abduction: More than 300 Nigerian girls missing

USC students reboot NAACP chapter as energy increases around building controversy

How Philadelphia’s Black churches overcame disease, depression and civil strife

In this our final series on the African American Soldier, we wanted to shed light on the women that serve in the military.  Let me share a wonderful story with you about this picture.

Back in the late 90’s Akua Rahsaan, Kofi Enterprises, and The Ester Davis Catalog, received several grants from the DeSoto Art Commission, entitled The Distinguished Art  Series.  Each year of the grant we brainstormed to create a greater and more  renown assembly of African American archival history pieces for the month of February.  These exhibits reaching a peak collection of five hundred works, held in the Atrium of DeSoto City Hall, surpassed all our expectations.

At Eagle Advantage School one “Career Day” I met a Chief Warrant Officer (CWO Walker) who was on the panel with me.  His uncle was a ‘natural born Tuskegee Airmen’ living in Savannah, Georgia.  I sent Airmen John Walker a letter for pictures from his training days at the Tuskegee Institute back in the 30’s.

I never met this Tuskegee in person, but we subsequently spent time on the phone.  John Walker was jovial and extremely proud of his service to this country.  There were  other articles written about him and his days in training and flying.  Airmen Walker sent his nephew a “tug” of photos for me.  I was in total awe because many of the photos were of the support staff. i.e., the cooks, nurse, bombardiers, mechanics and machinist as pictured above.

These photos Airmen Walker said “nobody else had”.  At the time, I thought he was right because all of the history of the Tuskegee Airmen were of the men who served. In the collection from Airmen Walker were stunning visuals of women working over and under the aircraft. With the receipt of these sobering pieces of history, we were inspired to go back in history, engage in more research and look up other women that were part of these first black aviators’ courageous odyssey.  Just keep in mind that these days were laced loudly with discrimination both in and out of the military for black men and women.

My notes reminded me that there was a female writing about flying for the Chicago Defender back in the 30’s.  The column was entitled “Negro Aviation”. The aviation trend continued to soar.  The Coffey School of Aeronautics opened in 1938, where other women attempted to enter aviation to no avail.  But the beauty is. . . they did not give up.

Years after the exhibits with the Black Pilots Association,  someone mentioned Harlem Airport in Chicago.  What? Where?   There was “another Harlem” in predominate black South Chicago.  In 1931, a group of pilots bought a half mile wide tract of land. Black Women are recorded as taking flying lessons.   To date, historians consider it the first black owned airport in the United States.

To all the African American Soldiers. . . you are more than just veterans to this nation. . . you are sincerely the real heroes of veterans.

ShareTweetPin
Stephen Small

Stephen Small

Rev. Small realized God was present in his life as a child, and grew into an adult with a passion for knowing and understanding God, people and the difficulties of life. Rev. Small soon can to know Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Holy Spirit has he experienced the storms, trails, and tribulations of life as a Black man in America. Rev. Stephen C. Small survived numerous demonic assaults on his life, which gave meaning to God’s grace and mercy. Rev. Small reasoned that God’s presence in the world gives hope, meaning and purpose; it is the essence of learning, love and relationships. Rev. Small humbled himself and opened his heart and mind to listening, learning and obeying God. On sabbatical from a business career, Rev. Small earned a Biblical Studies degree, and Master of Divinity. Rev. Small’s faith and dedication to serving God is the reason he created Trueword Ministry; TWM’s website as an evangelism tool, designed to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to Africans, African Descendants and the entire human race.

Related Posts

Nigeria’s Zamfara school abduction: More than 300 Nigerian girls missing
Africa

Nigeria’s Zamfara school abduction: More than 300 Nigerian girls missing

by Stephen Small
February 26, 2021
0

More than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a school in Nigeria's north-western Zamfara state, police say....

Caley Bright
AFRICAN DIASPORA

USC students reboot NAACP chapter as energy increases around building controversy

by Stephen Small
February 25, 2021
0

Caley Bright, the President of the USC Chapter of NAACP, speaks during a press conference outside The Thomas Cooper Library...

Next Post
 Arlan Hamilton

Black students at Oxford University to get scholarships from black American tech entrepreneur

God’s Deliverance & Black People

God's Deliverance & Black People

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Recommended Articles

The truth about Alabama’s history

The truth about Alabama’s history

September 16, 2019
malcolm x

Is Malcolm X An Unsung Hero?

January 8, 2020
‘Was It a Threat?’: Residents of Elaine, Arkansas, Calling Cutting Down of Tree Planted to Remember Hundreds of Black Sharecroppers Killed In 1919 Race Riot a ‘Hate Crime’

‘Was It a Threat?’: Residents of Elaine, Arkansas, Calling Cutting Down of Tree Planted to Remember Hundreds of Black Sharecroppers Killed In 1919 Race Riot a ‘Hate Crime’

November 16, 2019

Daily Prayer

Tweets by @https://twitter.com/stephencsmall
TrueWordMinistry

Trueword Ministry’s website offers 24/7 access to bible lessons, podcasts, sermons and news that inspires. The central purpose of the website is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to Africans, Afro-descendants and friends.

LEARN MORE »

About Us

  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms Of Service
  • Mission Statement
  • Submit A Story
  • Our Ministries

Categories

  • Africa
  • African Diaspora
  • Black News
  • Black Stars
  • Christian Awareness
  • Politics

Sign up for our news letter

Get Bible Lessons, News and Inspiring Articles in your inbox.

© 2021 All rights reserved by TrueWordMinistry.

No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • Podcast
  • PREACHING
  • Bible Lessons
  • Black News
  • Black Stars
  • Politics
  • Donation

© 2021 All rights reserved by TrueWordMinistry.