The members of the 6888th battalion are beginning to get recognition almost 80 years on.
Image source,During a tour to trace their ancestors' footsteps, family members re-created the iconic photo
Mr Matthews said: "She never talked about it, she thought it's just what you did and didn't view it as anything special, it was something that needed to be done and that was it."The experience inadvertently encouraged her children to strive for excellence and push through the glass ceilings within the military field.
Her grandfather John H Murphy had co-founded the Afro Newspaper, one of America's oldest family owned newspapers which is still running today - 130 years on. He said: "For us here in Birmingham, it's a really important story. We're able to show how black heritage in the city is established as far back as 1945 and way beyond that."
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