Explore the history of Memorial Day and the African American contributions to the holiday. Learn about the true purpose and ...

The U.S. Army has set aside the convictions of 110 Black soldiers who ... the Army's Public Affairs office announced in a news release Monday. The soldiers were part of the 3rd Battalion, 24th ...

Memorial Day is often associated with barbecues, parades, & the unofficial start date of summer, but it’s origin is rooted in ...

The Virginia Attorney General's office is settling a lawsuit it filed against the Town of Windsor after a Black and Latino soldier was pepper-sprayed and forced to the ground during a traffic stop ...

At this point, the Black soldier appears to turn around to confront ... Newsweek has contacted the U.S. ambassador to Poland's office for comment. A file photo of the American flag attached ...

And black soldiers' sacrifices were sometimes willfully ... "In 1914, the postmaster of Burlington wrote the pensions office asking for Cromwell’s documents, saying a “movement was afoot ...

IN TWO SEPARATE TERMS. WHILE IN OFFICE, HE WANTED TO HONOR THE ROLE THAT BLACK SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS PLAYED IN THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN. >> WHAT MANY PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO, UH. RECOGNIZE OR ...

Hiram Revels subverted slave states and recruited soldiers in the Civil War. In the 150 years since he took office, he remains one of only 11 Black senators ever elected or appointed. A preacher ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

In her eighties, she first learned about the US Colored Troops at a Civil War reenactment in Pulaski, where Black men dressed ...

A Black soldier from the Civil War is buried there ... Years later, Kolehmainen moved to Houghton, where he runs his own insurance office. But he never forgot that story. One day, he hopped ...