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From 1878 to 1901, two all-Black U.S. Army regiments played a positive role in helping keep the peace in the Beehive State.
beyoncé wearing a buffalo soldiers shirt, an american army unit comprised exclusively of african americans that helped european and white american colonists fight back native americans and seize ...
Singer Beyoncé comes under scrutiny for wearing a controversial shirt referencing Native Americans, igniting criticism from ...
A single T-shirt was enough for fans to turn on Beyoncé during the Paris leg of her Cowboy Carter tour. After her first show ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.
Adams, formerly Fort Lee, was in 2023 the first Army base to be named for Black Americans. Now, it'll be the first named for ...
Sharing Rhode Island’s Untold History at the Newport Public Library We’re incredibly fortunate to have the Newport Public ...
On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through ...
"Juneteenth to me means honoring our ancestors, letting them know that what took place on June 19th, that we are not letting ...
Celebrations were in full swing this Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, ...
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the community marks Juneteenth.
Foreign military officers referred to the American military as “speckled,” owing to the diverse racial makeup of its troops.