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How a Soldier’s Beating Helped Desegregate the Military

In 1946, a Black Army veteran was returning from World War II when a white police officer pulled him off a Greyhound bus and beat him blind. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts or yo…

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