Ten US military bases (Fort Hood, Fort Bragg, etc.), are named for pro-slavery #Confederate Army Generals who fought to destroy America. Let's rename them. Here's a thread with worthy candidates to honor. @AP @JeffreyGoldberg @ClintSmithIII @atrupar @john_sipher #BlackLivesMatter 
African American Crispus Attucks was the first American to die for the #AmericanRevolution:
https://twitter.com/USAS_WW1/status/1342507513422503936
#HarrietTubman, slave rescuer and spy, US Civil War.
https://twitter.com/USAS_WW1/status/1342509947008016392
Robert Smalls, the slave who stole a Confederate steamer...
https://twitter.com/USAS_WW1/status/1342489886415351813
Eugene Jacques Bullard, the FIRST African-American aviator:
https://twitter.com/USAS_WW1/status/1342494475818512396
Henry Johnson, WWI hero:
https://twitter.com/USAS_WW1/status/1342480672263450625
Billy B. Walkabout, Cherokee hero:
https://twitter.com/LakotaMan1/status/1273458412727066627
#WorldWarII's Sadao Munemori. #RenameTheBases:
https://twitter.com/USAS_WW1/status/1342824425440366592
#RenameTheBases - Sgt. Brummett Echohawk, Pawnee Indian, 3 purple hearts, profiled by @kershaw_alex. Reminder: Fort Benning named for a Confederate. Fort Echohawk sounds great.
https://twitter.com/kershaw_alex/status/1324788415334879236
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