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 ...

After the Revolutionary War, Black Americans were virtually ... In 2020, the Black or African American population — 41.1 million — accounted for 12.4% of all people living in the United ...

A park development honoring Revolutionary War soldier Jim Capers on Eutawville battlefield in South Carolina aims to ...

In the patriotic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, African Americans demanded the right to play their part in the war against Japan. As they soon learned, however, the freedom for which the United States and ...

Running from Bondage tells the compelling stories of enslaved women, who comprised one-third of all runaways, and the ways in which they fled or attempted to flee bondage during and after the ...

Every year on Nov. 11, the United States observes Veterans Day, a day dedicated to honoring the brave men and women who ...

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 ...

Lord Dunmore's Proclamation While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution ... what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ...

Hidden histories come to life in this sprawling show, which includes photos, films and interactive touch-screen oral ...

Veterans Day is observed annually on November 11 to honor military veterans – living and deceased – who served in the United ...

STOCKBRIDGE — The discharge certificate Revolutionary War veteran Agrippa Hull risked his pension ... Museum and Archives unveiled its new exhibit about Hull, a free African American man who lived in ...