James Capers Jr. was born during the Jim Crow era to a family of sharecroppers in August 1937. In 1956,…
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James Hudson grew up during the Great Depression and World War II. His family supported itself by growing their own…
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Missiles, missile warning, missile defense, tactical missiles Dec. 13, 2001: President George W. Bush informed Russia that the United States…
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