Edgar T. Rouzeau
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Edgar T. Rouzeau (born , died August 9, 1958) was a journalist and war correspondent. He worked for papers including the ''
New York Herald Tribune The ''New York Herald Tribune'' was a newspaper published between 1924 and 1966. It was created in 1924 when Ogden Mills Reid of the ''New-York Tribune'' acquired the ''New York Herald''. It was regarded as a "writer's newspaper" and competed ...
'' and '' Pittsburgh Courier''. He wrote about the Double V campaign,
Tuskegee Airmen The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Fighter Group, 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the ...
, and
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. In November 1938 he wrote about '' Kristallnacht''. During World War II, he became the first African American accredited as a war correspondent. He covered African American members of the military in the war.


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