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Production underway for movie on life of first Black naval aviator, Hattiesburg native Jesse Brown

Celebrating African American Military Milestones

Celebrating African American Military Milestones / Gabrielle “Gabby” Womack Alongside churches and schools, the military is one of the oldest and most important institutions in the U.S. The U.S. Armed Forces include the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. Even though an army has existed since the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775, the official U.S. military was not formed until the U.S. Congress had its first session on September 29, 1789. African Americans have served in every war on American soil and abroad since the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War. However, they served predominantly in segregated units. When allowed admission, African Americans faced harsh mistreatment in the military academies, received demeaning military assignments (often relegated to the galley and not to combat), and were denied promotions and the opportunity to serve as leaders. 

Unheralded African-American Pioneers and Trailblazers You Should Know

(Updated: February 5, 2021) Bessie Coleman (left) Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain // Shirley Chisholm (center) Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain // Dr. Lonnie Johnson (right) Office of Naval Research Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Whether they were involved in Civil Rights, politics, science, technology, sports, or music, African-American history is full of innovators, though they don t always get their due. Here are 25 unheralded Black pioneers and trailblazers you should know. 1. JESSE L. BROWN When Jesse LeRoy Brown was a teenager, he wrote a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to express his disappointment that African Americans weren t flying in the military. While that changed in the Air Force in the early 40s with the Tuskegee Airmen, it would be Brown himself that would break that barrier for the Navy in 1947. By 1949 he was an officer, and in 1950, the United States was at war in Korea and he was in the action. Brown and his unit were soon airborne, completing dangerous mi

Crothersville man arrested for stalking, drugs

Courtesy-SPD CROTHERSVILLE, Ind. – From September 2020 to January 2021, the Seymour Police Department and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received 13 complaints of stalking and invasion of privacy that were allegedly being committed by Jesse L. Brown, 43, of Crothersville. Three of the complaints resulted in criminal charges being filed. On January 19, officers served a warrant for stalking and invasion of privacy on the suspect at 10050 East State Road 250, in Crothersville, and he was arrested. Two days later, investigators obtained a search warrant for the property to collect additional evidence in the stalking and invasion of privacy case. During the search, investigators supposedly found numerous media type devices, over four ounces of methamphetamine, a handgun, drug paraphernalia, a bulletproof vest with the word “Sheriff” on it, and an old Jackson County Sheriff Office uniform shirt with a badge.

USS Thomas Hudner Holds Change of Command > United States Navy > News Stories

Capt. Mike Meyer, commander, Naval Surface Squadron Fourteen, presided over the ceremony and helped celebrate Litchfield’s successful tour aboard.  The crew recently completed Basic Phase in exemplary fashion and is currently wrapping up preparations for her maiden deployment. “The last two and a half years aboard Thomas Hudner as executive officer and commanding officer have been the most challenging years of my 30-year career, but also some of the most exciting and memorable,” said Litchfield. “I could not be prouder of this command and our Sailors.  They have crushed every task and overcome every obstacle throughout a very arduous schedule and global pandemic.”