PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
Jesse LeRoy Brown was born in 1926 and died at the age of 24 on December 4, 1950.
Jesse LeRoy Brown was a United States Navy officer. He was the first Black aviator to complete the United States Navy's basic flight training program.
Unfortunately, he was the first Black naval officer killed in the Korean War.
Brown earned a degree from Ohio State University and enlisted in 1946.
Brown earned his pilot wings on October 21, 1948. He was ordered to the Korean Peninsula, arriving in October 1950.
His Corsair came under fire and crashed on a remote mountaintop on December 4, 1950, while he supported ground troops at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.
He died despite the efforts of his wingman, Thomas J. Hudner Jr., who intentionally crashed his plane nearby in a rescue attempt. #DemsUnited #BlackHistoryWithLana
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Wishing one of our founders, the wonderful Paul Williams, a happy birthday. Part of why we’re here is because of you and powerful onstage moments like this.
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