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 ...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

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 ...

celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States. The central scene ...

“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 ...

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American ... a Confederate ship during the Civil War to sail his family ...

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 ...