On today’s episode: hosts Brandon and Tamia delve into the true history of the Vietnam War, a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia that took place from November 1, 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. However, unofficially the war is widely considered to have been a Cold War-era proxy war: as North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. The War lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. Though the effects that it had on the U.S.'s African American community are still being felt to this day: as the Vietnam War saw the highest proportion of African-American soldiers in the US military up to that point. With African Americans comprising 16.3% of all draftees, despite only making up 11% of the US population in 1967.

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