Posted on Aug 3, 2022

Michael E. Langley becomes the first Black four-star Marine general

SSG Robert Mark Odom

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Michael E. Langley becomes the first Black four-star Marine general

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It is too bad that racism kept African Americans out of the Marine Corps for a long time. Even though they were allowed in early 1942, I'm sure there was discrimination until the due segregation of the military by president Truman In the late 1940s

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Cpl Vic Burk

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LTC (Join to see) There was obviously segregation since the African Americans had their own boot camp at Montford Point, Camp Lejeune, NC for quite a while before integrating into the other two boot camps the Corps had.

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