He wanted them “to act like soldiers, not servants.” Because of Morris’ leadership, the 555 th Parachute Infantry Battalion, the Triple Nickles, was born.Īt the end of the war, black and white servicemen had shared experiences that began a shift in society. Tanya met Walter Morris, the sergeant who decided to train his men in the service company of the Parachute School as paratroopers. In Courage Has No Color, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone tells the story of our nation’s first black paratroopers who integrated the army six months before Truman’s executive order calling for “equality of treatment and opportunity” in the military in 1948. But few realize that the seeds of the civil rights movement began during World War II. and his speech, the bravery of Rosa Parks on the bus, and the students of Little Rock. On this day, many of us retell the stories of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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