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 ...

Despite policies of racial segregation and discrimination, African-American soldiers played a significant role from the colonial period to the Korean War ... the demand for civil rights mounting ...

Carter G. Woodson, who started the precursor to Black History Month, wrote of Cincinnati’s Black history before the Civil War ...

(WANE) — Nearly 180,000 African American men fought for the ... The exhibit is open now and spotlights the vital role Black soldiers played in the Civil War. It features Lincoln-era photographs ...

establishing a 380-acre site in Kentucky to honor African-Americans’ role as soldiers during the Civil War. Republicans had pushed for more than a year to establish a national monument at Camp ...

A free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will look at African American engagment in World War II and its place in social ...

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...

Conrad Baker of Indiana, and the Rev. J.M. Williams of Indianapolis, formerly enslaved, spoke on the recent accomplishments of African Americans ... important role after the Civil War ...

The civil rights movement exploded onto the American political scene during the 1964 Democratic National Convention. In a speech at Ted Mann Concert Hall on Friday, former U.S. vice president and ...

Alfonso Domingo, co-director of the documentary “Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War”, explains the unknown work of the men who defended the rights denied to them in ...