The Civil War had begun ... thus giving an education to thousands of African Americans throughout the war. Though "contraband" slaves had been declared free, Lincoln continued to insist that ...

Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for ... In one of the bloodiest battles of the war, African American troops from the 9th Louisiana Infantry, the 1st Mississippi Infantry ...

the first Watch Night took place during the height of the Civil War. “On the night of December 31, 1862, enslaved and free African Americans gathered, many in secret, to ring in the new year and ...

“For more than 200 years, African Americans have ... volunteered to serve during the War of 1812. Despite their heroism, they were again barred from service until the Civil War, when the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American ... as a Civil War hero on the State House grounds. Born into bondage ...

The South African-born multibillionaire has emerged as the central target in a MAGA civil war that erupted on Thursday after ... one of his stated goals was to make the platform a free speech haven.

Alfonso Domingo, co-director of the documentary “Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War”, explains the ... time in my life that I felt free was in Spain" Yates recounted ...