They made a good first impression, but I have no faith in the inherent fighting ability of the race. This was what General ...

Despite policies of racial segregation and discrimination, African-American soldiers played a significant role from the colonial period to the Korean War. It wasn't until the middle of the 20th ...

The wreath-laying is a tradition that was started by the late Etta Compton many years ago before there was a historical marker on this site.

Retired Lt. Col. Michael Lee Lanning, author, "The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell" Black Americans have left an indelible mark on history and on our society.

By Jim Beaugez Under cover of darkness during the early hours of June 7, 1863, an army of 1,500 Confederate troops approached ...

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 ...

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 ...

These WWI soldiers returned to France in 1919 to receive the Croix de Guerre medal African Americans have been fighting in conflicts for the US since the Revolutionary War. But despite their ...

(WANE) — Nearly 180,000 African American men fought for the Union in ... at the Allen County Public Library is honoring those soldiers. The exhibit is open now and spotlights the vital role ...

said Putney. Before Post 500 was founded in 1946, African American soldiers and veterans were not allowed to be members of an American Legion in Georgia. For the latest news, weather, sports ...

The commander of the American Expeditionary Force, General John Pershing had refused to lead black soldiers into battle. Most of the third of a million African Americans drafted into the US Army ...

Charlie Anderson stood stoically on Lee Street facing the bronze historical marker at 819 Lee St. that gives an account of a tragic part of Alexandria history where an undetermined number of ...