Jackie Robinson is best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier. Less well known, but just as pivotal, is his 1944 court-martial after refusing to move to the back of a military bus.
A look past the pages of a written letter home.
African American truck drivers of the Red Ball Express kept American units supplied in the race across France during the summer and fall of 1944.
Today we pause and take the time to reflect on one of the most heinous atrocities committed in the twentieth century. The Holocaust has left a dark shadow on human history and lives in the memories of the Survivors.
Sgt. Thomas Sweeney, 71st Infantry Division, was one of the many American medics and liberators who found themselves woefully underprepared in rendering aid to survivors of Nazi atrocities. At the Gunskirchen Concentration Camp in May 1945, they found thousands of individuals barely clinging to life.
Join us to learn more about the Museum's latest special exhibit, Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II.
Families across the Greater New Orleans community are invited to explore the Museum’s campus and enjoy live entertainment and family-friendly activities.
Join historians from the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy, The National WWII Museum's research center, for casual conversation over happy hour-priced drinks.