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"Black Americans have been fighting to protect the freedom of all Americans, since our Nation’s founding. It bears repeating: for too long, too many Veterans who fought to protect our rights and freedoms have had to fight brutal battles here at home for their own rights and freedoms." At VA "those fights are over...those fights are over."
- Secretary Denis McDonough
VA is celebrating Black Veterans and encouraging all Veterans to tell their stories. Veterans are encouraged to visit (https://rly.pt/BlackHistoryMonth) to learn more or share their experiences with the Veterans History Project run by the Library of Congress (https://rly.pt/VeteransHistoryProject).
We invite you to attend:
» VA’s Center for Minority Veterans - Black History Month Program on February 1, 2024: Events Calendar - Center for Minority Veterans (https://rly.pt/CMVCalendar).
» Black History Month Virtual Outreach Symposium on February 8, 2024: Outreach and Events - Black History Month Virtual Outreach Symposium (https://rly.pt/BlackHistoryMonthOutreach).
With RallyPoint, we’ve previously partnered to answer Veteran questions in February 2023 with the VetXL: Minority Veterans Together event in honor of Black History Month. Some of the questions included:
“There is a great need for a panel to investigate the disparity in how disability cases are handled and awarded. There is a huge disparity between male and female ratings and between white and other races. So, if I am an AA female I am at the bottom. The state of Florida would be a good place to start.”
“I am African American disabled veteran residing in the state of Alabama. I and several other African American veterans in my state have been denied several times or delayed when trying to get disability benefits. I trained myself to do and help other veterans obtain disability benefits. I noticed that veterans that I help that are not African Americans get their benefits faster and with no problems. Some have not served any time other than training while on active duty. I truly understand systematic racism. My question is what can you or are you doing to help African American veterans in the southern states other than talk about the problems?”
What can we do, as a veteran community, to help promote these programs to minority veterans? How can we help?
We invite you to comment on these and the many more questions and feedback or ask new questions! Ask or comment here: VetXL: Minority Veterans Together Q&A (https://rly.pt/MinorityVetXLQA).
Get the benefits and services you’ve earned:
If you have any questions about how to access your VA benefits, please call us at 1-800-MyVA411 or visit us at VA.gov. You may also be interested in VA’s Center for Minority Veterans (https://rly.pt/VACMV).
Spread the word:
Please use these outreach kits to share Veteran resources with your networks.
The outreach kit includes flyers, social media graphics and suggested corresponding language, radio public service announcements (PSA), newsletter content and a sample blog post to help you spread the word.
» What can VA health care do for you? (https://rly.pt/VAHealthcareOutreachKit)
» What can VA disability compensation do for you? (https://rly.pt/VADisabilityCompensation)
- Secretary Denis McDonough
VA is celebrating Black Veterans and encouraging all Veterans to tell their stories. Veterans are encouraged to visit (https://rly.pt/BlackHistoryMonth) to learn more or share their experiences with the Veterans History Project run by the Library of Congress (https://rly.pt/VeteransHistoryProject).
We invite you to attend:
» VA’s Center for Minority Veterans - Black History Month Program on February 1, 2024: Events Calendar - Center for Minority Veterans (https://rly.pt/CMVCalendar).
» Black History Month Virtual Outreach Symposium on February 8, 2024: Outreach and Events - Black History Month Virtual Outreach Symposium (https://rly.pt/BlackHistoryMonthOutreach).
With RallyPoint, we’ve previously partnered to answer Veteran questions in February 2023 with the VetXL: Minority Veterans Together event in honor of Black History Month. Some of the questions included:
“There is a great need for a panel to investigate the disparity in how disability cases are handled and awarded. There is a huge disparity between male and female ratings and between white and other races. So, if I am an AA female I am at the bottom. The state of Florida would be a good place to start.”
“I am African American disabled veteran residing in the state of Alabama. I and several other African American veterans in my state have been denied several times or delayed when trying to get disability benefits. I trained myself to do and help other veterans obtain disability benefits. I noticed that veterans that I help that are not African Americans get their benefits faster and with no problems. Some have not served any time other than training while on active duty. I truly understand systematic racism. My question is what can you or are you doing to help African American veterans in the southern states other than talk about the problems?”
What can we do, as a veteran community, to help promote these programs to minority veterans? How can we help?
We invite you to comment on these and the many more questions and feedback or ask new questions! Ask or comment here: VetXL: Minority Veterans Together Q&A (https://rly.pt/MinorityVetXLQA).
Get the benefits and services you’ve earned:
If you have any questions about how to access your VA benefits, please call us at 1-800-MyVA411 or visit us at VA.gov. You may also be interested in VA’s Center for Minority Veterans (https://rly.pt/VACMV).
Spread the word:
Please use these outreach kits to share Veteran resources with your networks.
The outreach kit includes flyers, social media graphics and suggested corresponding language, radio public service announcements (PSA), newsletter content and a sample blog post to help you spread the word.
» What can VA health care do for you? (https://rly.pt/VAHealthcareOutreachKit)
» What can VA disability compensation do for you? (https://rly.pt/VADisabilityCompensation)
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Leading abolitionist Frederick Douglass famously wrote,
“Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny he has earned the right to citizenship.”
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“Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny he has earned the right to citizenship.”
U.S. Army Veteran
12 1/2 years Honorable Service ODS Vet : Support Garrison OEF/OIF Vet : Deployed to Theatre
No Political Affiliation
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Lt Col Roger Helbig
Here is an article that all veterans should read and Black veterans especially https://thewarhorse.org/us-military-fills-ranks-with-noncitizens-then-deports-them/
He Served His Country. In Return, His Country Sent Him Into Exile
The military relies on noncitizens to fill its ranks. No one is sure how many are later banished from the country they fought for.
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Lt Col Roger Helbig
I posted about the deportation of American Service members, previously here on Rally Point. Refresher :
"This ain't a brown thing, it's an American thing!"
Black Deported Veterans of America (BDVA) is a support group for those that served in the United States military, and were subsequently deported to the countries where they were born.
The predominant make up of the group is by those that identify as Black or African American...but support is open for ALL Deported Veterans.
This website is geared towards raising awareness of the plight of the Black Deported Veterans; bios and updates on select individual Black Deported Veterans; updates on changes in U.S. policy; and avenues for public and private support.
SOURCE : https://www.bdva.us
I posted about the deportation of American Service members, previously here on Rally Point. Refresher :
"This ain't a brown thing, it's an American thing!"
Black Deported Veterans of America (BDVA) is a support group for those that served in the United States military, and were subsequently deported to the countries where they were born.
The predominant make up of the group is by those that identify as Black or African American...but support is open for ALL Deported Veterans.
This website is geared towards raising awareness of the plight of the Black Deported Veterans; bios and updates on select individual Black Deported Veterans; updates on changes in U.S. policy; and avenues for public and private support.
SOURCE : https://www.bdva.us
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Lt Col Roger Helbig It’s a much larger issue and had a farther ripple effect than most realize.
No Man Left Behind
I WILL NEVER LEAVE A FALLEN
COMRADE
1.) DHS, VA Launch New Online Services for Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
“Veterans qualify for VA benefits based on their service to our country and never on their immigration status,” said Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough. “We are proud to work with our partners at DHS and DoD to honor the service of immigrant and noncitizen Veterans by ensuring that they have access to information about the care and services available to them.”
The new one-stop resource center will consolidate resources and forms from DHS, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense (DoD), and other agencies so noncitizen service members, veterans, and their families are able to easily find any needed forms and resources.
SOURCE : https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/02/07/dhs-va-launch-new-online-services-noncitizen-service-members-veterans-and-their
2.) DHS, VA Announce Initiative to Support Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Immediate Family Members
“Together with our partner the Department of Veterans Affairs, we are committed to bringing back military service members, veterans, and their immediate family members who were unjustly removed and ensuring they receive the benefits to which they may be entitled. Today we are taking important steps to make that a reality.”
“It’s our responsibility to serve all veterans as well as they have served us – no matter who they are, where they are from, or the status of their citizenship,” said Secretary McDonough. “Keeping that promise means ensuring that noncitizen service members, veterans, and their families are guaranteed a place in the country they swore an oath – and in many cases fought – to defend. We at VA are proud to work alongside DHS as to make that happen.”
SOURCE : https://www.dhs.gov/news/2021/07/02/dhs-va-announce-initiative-support-noncitizen-service-members-veterans-and-immediate
3.) Home
* Secretary's Priorities
* The Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative, and how VA supports immigrant Veterans
The Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI) launched in July 2021 when VA partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to consolidate relevant federal resources for noncitizen service members, Veterans and their families, caregivers and survivors. The Initiative also launched a portal for Veterans who need assistance in applying to return to the United States and for accessing VA benefits to which they may be entitled.
Late last month, as the VA lead for IMMVI, I joined the DHS team to visit deported Veterans, stakeholders and recently repatriated Veterans to promote
the new online tools that would help them. The trip included stops in California, Texas, and Tijuana, Mexico.
SOURCE : https://news.va.gov/102866/the-immigrant-military-members-and-veterans-initiative-and-how-va-supports-immigrant-veterans/
* Who is eligible for benefits?
All eligible Veterans are entitled to VA benefits regardless of their immigrant status. The same applies to those who live abroad.
Unfortunately, identifying these Veterans – especially deported Veterans – has been challenging.
VA has worked closely with LULAC, Repatriate our Patriots, American GI Forum and the American Legion for assistance, and with DHS to identify Veterans who have been deported and those who have been repatriated.
No Man Left Behind
I WILL NEVER LEAVE A FALLEN
COMRADE
1.) DHS, VA Launch New Online Services for Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
“Veterans qualify for VA benefits based on their service to our country and never on their immigration status,” said Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough. “We are proud to work with our partners at DHS and DoD to honor the service of immigrant and noncitizen Veterans by ensuring that they have access to information about the care and services available to them.”
The new one-stop resource center will consolidate resources and forms from DHS, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense (DoD), and other agencies so noncitizen service members, veterans, and their families are able to easily find any needed forms and resources.
SOURCE : https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/02/07/dhs-va-launch-new-online-services-noncitizen-service-members-veterans-and-their
2.) DHS, VA Announce Initiative to Support Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Immediate Family Members
“Together with our partner the Department of Veterans Affairs, we are committed to bringing back military service members, veterans, and their immediate family members who were unjustly removed and ensuring they receive the benefits to which they may be entitled. Today we are taking important steps to make that a reality.”
“It’s our responsibility to serve all veterans as well as they have served us – no matter who they are, where they are from, or the status of their citizenship,” said Secretary McDonough. “Keeping that promise means ensuring that noncitizen service members, veterans, and their families are guaranteed a place in the country they swore an oath – and in many cases fought – to defend. We at VA are proud to work alongside DHS as to make that happen.”
SOURCE : https://www.dhs.gov/news/2021/07/02/dhs-va-announce-initiative-support-noncitizen-service-members-veterans-and-immediate
3.) Home
* Secretary's Priorities
* The Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative, and how VA supports immigrant Veterans
The Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI) launched in July 2021 when VA partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to consolidate relevant federal resources for noncitizen service members, Veterans and their families, caregivers and survivors. The Initiative also launched a portal for Veterans who need assistance in applying to return to the United States and for accessing VA benefits to which they may be entitled.
Late last month, as the VA lead for IMMVI, I joined the DHS team to visit deported Veterans, stakeholders and recently repatriated Veterans to promote
the new online tools that would help them. The trip included stops in California, Texas, and Tijuana, Mexico.
SOURCE : https://news.va.gov/102866/the-immigrant-military-members-and-veterans-initiative-and-how-va-supports-immigrant-veterans/
* Who is eligible for benefits?
All eligible Veterans are entitled to VA benefits regardless of their immigrant status. The same applies to those who live abroad.
Unfortunately, identifying these Veterans – especially deported Veterans – has been challenging.
VA has worked closely with LULAC, Repatriate our Patriots, American GI Forum and the American Legion for assistance, and with DHS to identify Veterans who have been deported and those who have been repatriated.
DHS, VA Launch New Online Services for Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families |...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in partnership with the Departmentsof Veterans Affairsand Defense,launched two new resources tosupport ournation’s noncitizen service members, veterans, and their families.Through its Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI), DHS will host a one-stop online center to consolidaterelevantfederalresources.
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Keeping in mind that these MEN/these FOLLOW UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CITIZENS/SOLDIERS that were lynched during on-going Jim Crow Laws that the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT both supported and enforced against ALL Black Americans still wanted to serve and defend the USA.
Yet White TRAITORS/White Domestic Terrorist both Active Duty & Former Military Personnel … that have murdered or caused the deaths of others … wasn’t hung/lynched.
All (3) of my Grandfathers served HONORABLE in the Army under these type of conditions from WAR II/Korea War. They shared their experiences with me.
Uncles :
(1) Marines * Vietnam Wars
(1) Navy * Vietnam War
(4) Army (2) * Vietnam War
None of the 3 of my Grandfathers wanted me to join the “white man army”, not because they didn’t enjoy the military … they didn’t enjoy the racist and racism during their service and didn’t want myself to experience it.
Yet here I am.
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The little-known mass hanging of black soldiers in Texas in 1917
Mildred Europa Taylor March 22, 2019 at 06:22 am
SOURCE :
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-little-known-mass-hanging-of-black-soldiers-in-texas-in-1917
A lynching kept out of sight
Pvt. Felix Hall died in the only known murder of its kind on a U.S. military base. How hard did the government try to find his killers?
Story by Alexa Mills
Published on September 2, 2016
SOURCE :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/09/02/the-story-of-the-only-known-lynching-on-a-u-s-military-base/
Remembering the black soldiers executed after Houston's 1917 race riot
February 01, 2018 · 4:00 PM EST
By James Jeffrey
SOURCE :
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-02-01/remembering-black-soldiers-executed-after-houstons-1917-race-riot
*** Lynching has ALWAYS been a special message sent.
CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS: LYNCHING POSTCARDS OF INHUMANITY EXHIBIT: JANUARY, 2011
https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/center-for-civil-and-human-rights-lynching-postcards-of-inhumanity-exhibit-january-2011/
NSFW: AMERICAN TERRORISM … LYNCHING POSTCARDS : In
the past century on American soil – the estimated 3,436 lynchings of black American men and women between 1882 and 1950
https://cvltnation.com/nsfw-american-terrorism-lynching-postcards/
http://www.cvltnation.com/nsfw-american-terrorism-lynching-postcards/
https://www.amazon.com/Without-Sanctuary-Lynching-Photography-America/dp/ [login to see]
http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/lynching?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=lynching
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2001/06/lynching/page1.shtml
Yet White TRAITORS/White Domestic Terrorist both Active Duty & Former Military Personnel … that have murdered or caused the deaths of others … wasn’t hung/lynched.
All (3) of my Grandfathers served HONORABLE in the Army under these type of conditions from WAR II/Korea War. They shared their experiences with me.
Uncles :
(1) Marines * Vietnam Wars
(1) Navy * Vietnam War
(4) Army (2) * Vietnam War
None of the 3 of my Grandfathers wanted me to join the “white man army”, not because they didn’t enjoy the military … they didn’t enjoy the racist and racism during their service and didn’t want myself to experience it.
Yet here I am.
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The little-known mass hanging of black soldiers in Texas in 1917
Mildred Europa Taylor March 22, 2019 at 06:22 am
SOURCE :
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-little-known-mass-hanging-of-black-soldiers-in-texas-in-1917
A lynching kept out of sight
Pvt. Felix Hall died in the only known murder of its kind on a U.S. military base. How hard did the government try to find his killers?
Story by Alexa Mills
Published on September 2, 2016
SOURCE :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/09/02/the-story-of-the-only-known-lynching-on-a-u-s-military-base/
Remembering the black soldiers executed after Houston's 1917 race riot
February 01, 2018 · 4:00 PM EST
By James Jeffrey
SOURCE :
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-02-01/remembering-black-soldiers-executed-after-houstons-1917-race-riot
*** Lynching has ALWAYS been a special message sent.
CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS: LYNCHING POSTCARDS OF INHUMANITY EXHIBIT: JANUARY, 2011
https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/center-for-civil-and-human-rights-lynching-postcards-of-inhumanity-exhibit-january-2011/
NSFW: AMERICAN TERRORISM … LYNCHING POSTCARDS : In
the past century on American soil – the estimated 3,436 lynchings of black American men and women between 1882 and 1950
https://cvltnation.com/nsfw-american-terrorism-lynching-postcards/
http://www.cvltnation.com/nsfw-american-terrorism-lynching-postcards/
https://www.amazon.com/Without-Sanctuary-Lynching-Photography-America/dp/ [login to see]
http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/lynching?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=lynching
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/2001/06/lynching/page1.shtml
The little-known mass hanging of black soldiers in Texas in 1917 -
The little-known mass hanging of black soldiers in Texas in 1917.Thirteen black soldiers were secretly hanged at dawn at a military camp outside San Antonio
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1919 - US black soldiers humiliation after their sacrifices in WW1
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V1 : https://youtu.be/kZ4cQnnbCYc?si=oBe1IQgkEGCJJ4gJ
1.) Black Veterans Killed in Fight for Democracy in U.S.
We return. We return from fighting. We return fighting. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Below is a collection of stories about African American veterans who fought in various wars and upon their return to the U.S., were murdered in the fight for democracy and human rights.
SOURCE : https://www.zinnedproject.org/collection/black-veterans/
2.) Documenting The History Of Mob Violence Against African-American Veterans
A large number of African-American military veterans were murdered by lynching after returning from war. An annual re-enactment of a lynching in Alabama tells one such story.
SOURCE : https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/649797847/documenting-the-history-of-mob-violence-against-african-american-veterans
3.) Sept. 1, 1919: Lynching of WWI Veteran Clinton Briggs
Time Periods: 1910
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights, Racism & Racial Identity
Clinton Briggs, a 26 year old WWI veteran, was walking down the street in Arkansas when a white woman brushed up against him.
The woman stated he wasn’t allowed to walk on the sidewalk, he replied “This is a free man’s country.”
Within hours, Briggs was dragged outside of town by a group of white men who chained him to a tree with car chains. The men shot Briggs several times and his body was found days later by a farmer.
SOURCE : https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lynching-clinton-briggs/
V1 : https://youtu.be/kZ4cQnnbCYc?si=oBe1IQgkEGCJJ4gJ
1.) Black Veterans Killed in Fight for Democracy in U.S.
We return. We return from fighting. We return fighting. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Below is a collection of stories about African American veterans who fought in various wars and upon their return to the U.S., were murdered in the fight for democracy and human rights.
SOURCE : https://www.zinnedproject.org/collection/black-veterans/
2.) Documenting The History Of Mob Violence Against African-American Veterans
A large number of African-American military veterans were murdered by lynching after returning from war. An annual re-enactment of a lynching in Alabama tells one such story.
SOURCE : https://www.npr.org/2018/09/20/649797847/documenting-the-history-of-mob-violence-against-african-american-veterans
3.) Sept. 1, 1919: Lynching of WWI Veteran Clinton Briggs
Time Periods: 1910
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights, Racism & Racial Identity
Clinton Briggs, a 26 year old WWI veteran, was walking down the street in Arkansas when a white woman brushed up against him.
The woman stated he wasn’t allowed to walk on the sidewalk, he replied “This is a free man’s country.”
Within hours, Briggs was dragged outside of town by a group of white men who chained him to a tree with car chains. The men shot Briggs several times and his body was found days later by a farmer.
SOURCE : https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lynching-clinton-briggs/
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Race should have nothing to do with VA benefits, he/she is a Vet. that is all that matters. Semper Fi
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