U.S. Army Arrested 101 Black Officers.. Then The Freeman Field Mutiny Exposed Its Biggest Hypocrisy

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U.S. Army Arrested 101 Black Officers — Then The Freeman Field Mutiny Exposed Its Biggest Hypocrisy In April 1945, 101 Black U.S. Army Air Forces officers were arrested at Freeman Army Airfield for doing the unthinkable — walking into a segregated officers’ club. This powerful documentary uncovers the true story behind the “Freeman Field Mutiny,” the illegal orders, the mass arrests, and the courageous stand that helped push America toward desegregating its military. Discover how these trained B-25 bomber crews exposed the hypocrisy of WWII-era America and sparked a chain of events that led to the Civil Rights Movement and Truman’s 1948 desegregation order.