/tags/montford-point Montford Point en-US Copyright Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:31:05 GMT /race-demographics/2023-01-18/state-honors-108-year-old-montford-point-marine-veteran-from-fayetteville The North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs paid tribute to one of the first Black recruits in the U.S. Marine Corps. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:31:05 GMT /race-demographics/2023-01-18/state-honors-108-year-old-montford-point-marine-veteran-from-fayetteville Sharryse Piggott /news/2022-05-30/americas-first-black-marine-base-is-threatened-by-the-effects-of-climate-change In North Carolina, key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, now part of Camp Lejeune, were used by the first Black Marines. Mon, 30 May 2022 09:01:08 GMT /news/2022-05-30/americas-first-black-marine-base-is-threatened-by-the-effects-of-climate-change Jay Price /military/2022-05-13/the-military-is-trying-to-protect-americas-first-black-marine-base-from-storms-and-rising-seas A restoration effort in underway at the site of Montford Point, a 1940s-era segregated Marine base in North Carolina, which is threatened by the effects of climate change. Fri, 13 May 2022 10:41:43 GMT /military/2022-05-13/the-military-is-trying-to-protect-americas-first-black-marine-base-from-storms-and-rising-seas Jay Price /military/2020-11-09/a-95-year-old-veteran-remembers-fighting-wwii-in-the-pacific-and-racism-at-home President Roosevelt opened all branches of the military to Black troops in 1941, but for African-American service members like Luther Hendricks, racism... Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:49:05 GMT /military/2020-11-09/a-95-year-old-veteran-remembers-fighting-wwii-in-the-pacific-and-racism-at-home Robert Garrova /military/2015-03-02/memorializing-camp-lejeunes-first-black-marines A memorial to the first African Americans in the U.S. Marine Corps is going up in Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, NC. More than 20,000 black… Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:03:11 GMT /military/2015-03-02/memorializing-camp-lejeunes-first-black-marines Rebecca Martinez /the-state-of-things/2012-07-12/saluting-the-montford-point-marines The U.S. Marine Corps remained segregated until 1948. The first group to break the color barrier was a group of African-American men who trained at Camp… Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:23:00 GMT /the-state-of-things/2012-07-12/saluting-the-montford-point-marines Stella Strohmeier /show/the-state-of-things/2012-07-12/saluting-the-montford-point-marines The U.S. Marine Corps remained segregated until 1948. The first group to break the color barrier was a group of African-American men who trained at Camp… Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:23:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2012-07-12/saluting-the-montford-point-marines Frank Stasio