Funeral for 1st Black military nurse, Goose Creek native, set for Saturday in NY
A Lowcountry native who became the nation’s first Black military nurse will be laid to rest in New York this weekend.
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Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in ...
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UNSUNG HEROES: On the trail of the U.S. Colored Troops in Vicksburg
By Jim Beaugez Under cover of darkness during the early hours of June 7, 1863, an army of 1,500 Confederate troops approached ...
1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men ...
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...
Guardians of Yosemite: Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
African American soldiers known as the Buffalo Soldiers helped protect Yosemite National Park in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and their legacy continues to be celebrated today through ...
The Battle of Isandlwana evokes triumph of African people over British imperialism
Today, 146 years later, we recall the triumph of the Zulu nation over British imperialism, we remember the selfless sacrifice ...
The Tragedies That Came After Freedom in the American South
Somewhere Toward Freedom” tells the story of Sherman’s March to the Sea from the perspective of the formerly enslaved.