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Prairie View Interscholastic Legacy Proudly Presents POETRY IN MOTION. The Story of Phillis Wheatley High School San Antonio, Texas

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Prairie View Interscholastic Legacy  Proudly Presents  POETRY IN MOTION.  The Story of Phillis Wheatley High School  San Antonio, Texas. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - Before integration changed the landscape of public education and high school athletics in Texas, San Antonio’s Phillis Wheatley High School stood as a powerful symbol of Black excellence ( https://youtu.be/KlzdbRDhIT4?is=gOAoSQTcWwLMLaNC ). Located on San Antonio’s historic East Side, Wheatley served generations of African American students during segregation. It was more than a school—it was an educational institution, an athletic powerhouse and a source of tremendous pride for the entire community. Wheatley competed in the Prairie View Interscholastic League, commonly known as the PVIL. Established in 1920, the PVIL governed academic, athletic and extracurricular competitions for Black schools that were excluded from the University Interscholastic League. Despite inadequate facilities, limited funding and litt...
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DIGGING FOR DIGNITY: Texas Buffalo Soldiers Association Presents They Carried the Load The Leadership and Legacy of the Red Ball Express—World War II’s Greatest Military Trucking Operation In 1944.

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  DIGGING FOR DIGNITY: Texas Buffalo Soldiers Association Presents  They Carried the Load.  The Leadership and Legacy of the Red Ball Express—World War II’s Greatest Military Trucking Operation in 1944. The  Red Ball Express in 5 minutes worth of history:  https://youtu.be/i09ry4-jYyI From August 25 through November 16, 1944, the Red Ball Express became the lifeline of the Allied advance across France. It was not a single military unit, nor did it operate under one commanding general. It was a massive emergency transportation network connecting the Supreme Allied Command, American field armies, the Communications Zone, and hundreds of Quartermaster and Transportation Corps units ( https://youtu.be/KjAjBJ51dCY?is=YnTvgLc6I94c-GBu ). The generals determined where the armies would go. The logisticians designed the system that would supply them. But thousands of soldiers—most of them African American—climbed behind the wheels, loaded the trucks and carried the suppl...
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