Krewasky A. Salter is a retired United States Army Colonel, museum curator and military historian. He served as the executive director of the First Division Museum.^[1][2] In 2022, he was appointed president of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.^[3][4]

Education

Salter earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Florida State University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the Air War College.^[2]

Career

Salter has taught Military History at the United States Military Academy, West Point; Military Strategy at the Command and General Staff College, Leavenworth; Military Leadership at Howard University, Washington, D.C.; and African American History at several other institutions as an adjunct professor.^[2][5][1]

Before retiring from the military in 2010, Salter served twenty five years on active duty including a tour at the Pentagon.^[2]

As a guest curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Salter curated the museum's exhibition, Double Victory: The African American Military Experience.^[2][6]

Works

• Combat Multipliers: African-American Soldiers in Four Wars. CSI Press. 2003.
• The story of Black military officers, 1861-1948. New York. 2014. ISBN 978-0415716314.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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