Posted on 21 January 2013. Tags: African American GI's, African American History, African American Soldiers, African Americans, Black soldiers in Vietnam, Black soldiers in WW2, black GI's

Four Generations of Military all Firstborns:
We all just fell into rank when it was our time.
What it all has meant, I don’t know?
Only future generations can judge us.
We Lewis Soldiers are just regular blue collared folks, African American Soldiers, yet, the descendent's of Slaves. The main lesson I have learned, was we just ...
Posted in African American History, Black Soldiers, Guest Blog Posts
Posted on 13 December 2011. Tags: African Americans, Celtic, Detroit Corinthians, Giles Heron, Gill Scott Heron, Glasgow, Phil Vasili, Scotland, The Last Holiday, football

Giles Heron became the first Afro-Caribbean player to play first team football for Celtic.
Heron scored on his debut, a 2-1 win against Morton during the 1951-52 season and was quickly bestowed the nicknames "Black Flash" and "Black Arrow".
Giles Heron became the first Afro-Caribbean player to play first team football for Celtic.
Heron scored on his debut, ...
Posted in African American History, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month UK, Black Sports Stars, Caribbean History