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Red Painter reports the National Association for Black Veterans in Oklahoma is closing after Trump administration funding cuts, marking a devastating loss for Black veterans seeking support. This closure highlights the critical impact of shifting priorities on vulnerable communities. Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/11/predictable-betrayal-oklahoma-va-closing #Veterans #FundingCuts #BlackVeterans #Trump

Predictable Betrayal: Oklahoma VA Closing Non-Profit Due To Lack Of Funding

National Association for Black Veterans in Oklahoma City is closing due to the impacts of funding cuts.

Crooks and Liars

CRMunoz May 26, 2025

William Williams escaped slavery, adopted a new name, and joined the U.S. Army in 1814.
He fought at Fort McHenry—the battle that inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Mortally wounded in the fight, he died still unfree in the eyes of the law.
This Memorial Day, remember him.
#BlackVeterans #MemorialDay #WilliamWilliams

CRMunoz May 26, 2025

Cpl. Freddie Stowers led his men through machine gun fire in France in 1918.
Wounded, he pressed on.
Killed in action.
Ignored for decades.
In 1991, he became the only Black WWI soldier to receive the Medal of Honor.
This #MemorialDay, honor the hero—and the history.
#BlackVeterans #AntiRacism #WWI

Playne Jayne May 26, 2025

Facts matter‼️

#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackHistoryIsWorldHistory
#decorationday
#MemorialDay
#blackveterans
#columbiasc

Killer Rabbit 90 Jul 17, 2024

Samuel Sharpe Shooting: Ohio Cops in Wisconsin for RNC Kill Unhoused Black Veteran http://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/17/samuel_sharpe_shooting #SamuelSharpe #BlackLivesMatter #BlackVeterans #veterans #uspoli #RINC #MilitarizedPolice #policebrutality #PoliceMurder

Samuel Sharpe Shooting: Ohio Cops in Wisconsin for <span class="caps">RNC</span> Kill Unhoused Black Veteran

Activists and community members in Milwaukee gathered in the streets Tuesday to condemn the police killing of 43-year-old Milwaukee resident Samuel Sharpe. The officers who killed Sharpe, an unhoused Black veteran, are from Ohio, part of a group of 4,500 law enforcement officials in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention. But the shooting took place a mile from the RNC’s proceedings. Sharpe appeared to be in the middle of an altercation with another man when the police officers charged toward him before fatally shooting him. Journalist Bob Hennelly, who is in Milwaukee to cover the convention, says the shooting is what happens “when you militarize your politics.”

Democracy Now!

BakersRelay Nov 11, 2023

From CNN.com: What patriotism means to me: Four generations of Black veterans reflect on service to their country

#VeteransDay #BlackVeterans

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/11/us/black-veterans-reflect-military-service-reaj?cid=ios_app

drakbailey Sep 4, 2023

The remains of Lt. Fred Brewer, a missing Tuskegee Airman, have been identified. He will be able to go home. 25 Tuskegee Airmen (of 400 who flew combat missions) remain missing.

#TuskegeeAirmen #BlackVeterans #BlackMilitary #POWMIA

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/remains-of-tuskegee-pilot-who-vanished-in-wwii-have-been-identified/