My uncle, Walter Jackson, served as a Private First Class in the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He gave his life during the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. He is memorialized outside the courthouse in Gainesville, Florida. GalleryMy uncle, Walter Jackson, served as a Private First Class in the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He gave his life during the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. He is memorialized outside the courthouse in Gainesville, Florida.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study participants with a nurse, Alabama 1932, for 40 years the US government secretly withheld Syphilis treatment from 399 Black men to study the disease’s natural progression (600 × 440 pixels) GalleryTuskegee Syphilis Study participants with a nurse, Alabama 1932, for 40 years the US government secretly withheld Syphilis treatment from 399 Black men to study the disease’s natural progression (600 × 440 pixels)
June 11, 1963: A 67 year old Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc died by self-immolation at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon. He took this ultimate step to protest persecution and discriminatory policies targeting Buddhists by the Catholic led government. GalleryJune 11, 1963: A 67 year old Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc died by self-immolation at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon. He took this ultimate step to protest persecution and discriminatory policies targeting Buddhists by the Catholic led government.
