NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 Podcast features the life and legacy of Private Gerald Dixon of the 24th Infantry of the Buffalo Soldiers. This is a story of injustice and exoneration…pain and survival.

In Episode 53, we share an excerpt from the ceremony honoring Private Dixon in Marion, Indiana. The ceremony moderator is Mallorie KM Berger, advocate, researcher, and consultant for the Montford Point Marines and founder and CEO of M. Marshall Berger and Associates.

U.S. Army Corrects Miscarriage of Justice in Jim-Crow Era Texas https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/lZnuOIGOUUcdy2PrB3vADXhl7UkggAVN/

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https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/2017/05/camp-logan-1917-beyond-the-veil-of-memory/

#The24th

https://www.amazon.com/24th-Trai-Byers/dp/B08FF6MV6B

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https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/24th-infantry-regiment-1866-1951/

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NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guest in Episode 52 is Dr. Diane Turner, daughter of Corporal Thomas Strickland Turner, Sr. of the Montford Point Marines.

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#CheyneyUniversityOfPennsylvania

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#CharlesLBlocksonAfrican-AmericanCollection

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NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community.

In the last episode of NextUs818 Podcast, we discussed the American ideal of freedom. In Episode 51 we examine the discriminatory and volatile history of voting in America and explore the 2024 voting imperative in the U.S. elections.

Resources:

https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020

https://www.afscme93.org/system/files/project_2025_summary_final.pdf⁠ ⁠https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-power-of-one-vote/⁠ ⁠https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/5-egregious-voter-suppression-laws-2021⁠

⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1026588142/map-see-which-states-have-restricted-voter-access-and-which-states-have-expanded

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NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community.

We are in a unique period of American history. Freedom, a core element of democracy, is on the line in 2024 with the U.S. Presidential election. Episode 50 features perspectives on freedom: do we still value freedom, what is freedom, and what does it require of us.

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NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Episode 49 features an excerpt for the 15th Annual Montford Point Marines' Day Ceremony on August 23, 2024

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NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 48 are Retired Colonel Kevin Lee, Sr. and Major Aaron Lee. son and grandson of Corporal James Cleonnon Lee of the Montford Point Marines.

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NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community.

August 18th marks the beginning of Season 3 of NextUs818 Podcast. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to share and engage with you. We are excited about Season 3. We will continue to introduce the audience to more Montford Point Marine (MPM) and 6888th descendants. We also are working on interviewing several living MPM soldiers, who now are in their late 90s. Since 2024 is a presidential election year in the United States, we plan to do several episodes on democracy, freedom and voting.

Stay tuned!

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NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guest in Episode 46 is Steven Woods, the son of PFC Albirtues Woodsof the Montford Point Marines.

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#MontfordPointMarines

#OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

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#AlabamaStateUniversity

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#JeffersonStateCommunityCollege

#CecilBMoore

#GirardCollege

#NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture

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