March 24, 1969 William Maud Bryant, Medal of Honor recipient, was killed in action. Bryant was born February 16, 1933 in Cochran, Georgia. By March 24, 1969, he was serving as a sergeant first class in Company A of the 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces. On that day, during a battle in Long […]
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March 24th in African American History – Zephaniah Alexander Looby
March 24, 1972 Zephaniah Alexander Looby, civil rights lawyer, died. Looby was born April 8, 1899 in Antigua and moved to the United States in 1914. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 1922, a law degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1925, and a doctorate in jurisprudence from New York […]