The ‘Wereth Massacre’ – Remembering the ‘Wereth 11’ – African-American Heroes of WWII!

The Wereth 11”, were: Curtis Adams of South Carolina; Mager Bradley of Mississippi, George Davis Jr. of Alabama; Thomas Forte of Mississippi; Robert Green of Georgia; James Leatherwood of Mississippi; Nathaniel Moss of Texas; George Motten of Texas; William Pritchett of Alabama; James Stewart of West Virginia; and Due Turner of Arkansas. When African-American soldiers returned to the US and were demobilised – the US Government deliberately withheld from this men the financial assistance granted to all White Veterans of WWII. 

Nationalist China at the Berlin Olympics (1936)

Of course, Master Kou Yun Xing accepted the challenge on behalf of the honour of China and a referee was chosen to administer the fight (in public). Master Kou Yun Xing adopted pre-emptive footwork that baffled his flat-footed and one-dimensional opponent. Then with a flurry of lightning fast punches, the Finnish boxer was knocked to the floor and could not continue.

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