Ely Samuel Parker, a Native American who served as an aide to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was kept from practicing law during his lifetime. Source: New York Times
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NYC’s Only Army Base Renaming Street to Honor Black War Hero
By Gotham Rex on May 20, 2022
A street on New York City’s only Army base will bear the name of First Lt. John Earl Warren Jr., a Brooklynite who died saving others in Vietnam. Source: New York Times