Equipped to record black veterans' tales
The war stories of African American veterans in the Sacramento region - and nation - stand a better chance of being memorialized in the Library of Congress.
Book of Dreams readers' donations allowed a local historian to purchase computers, a scanner, DVDs and other equipment that she will use in her project to collect and memorialize the war stories of African Americans.
Lisa Daniels, who founded the nonprofit UnSung Heroes Living History Project, is traveling the country collecting the stories of black veterans. Many African American veterans fear that their stories - some of which chronicle life in a segregated military - will not be remembered. Daniels, of Elk Grove, is working to document the stories and archive them at the Library of Congress.
Using new computer equipment donated to her project, Daniels is making mini-documentaries on each of the hundreds of soldiers she interviews.
"Without the Book of Dreams, Unsung Heroes would not be able to document the stories of so many forgotten men and women who deservedly need to be honored," Daniels said.