The Blackhawk that struck an American Airlines flight landing at Reagan airport had three soldiers on board and no VIPs or senior officials were involved.

The following spring, the Confederate Congress passed a law that allowed the death penalty for white officers of black units and provided for captured black soldiers to be returned to slavery.

An earlier General Staff proposal to integrate Black soldiers at a ratio of one Black soldier to every 10.6 white soldiers was rejected. These groundbreaking measures became reality in 1941, receiving ...