WASHINGTON (Feb. 15, 2012) -- Much of our military history is lost in anonymity. Unless a person was a leader or played some pivotal role in a battle or event, his name is lost in the tide of ...

Beyoncé faced online backlash for wearing a Buffalo Soldiers shirt on tour. A Cornell Africana studies scholar is now ...

African American National Guard Soldiers of New York's 15th Infantry Regiment arrived in France in December 1917. African-American WWI 'Harlem Hell Fighters' proved their mettle, patriotism in combat ...

Remember D-Day's African-American Soldiers on Veterans Day More than 1 million African-Americans fought for freedom and democracy abroad, while at home they were mistreated in an Army segregated ...

The first African American combat troops to set foot on French soil belonged to the 93d Division. Armed, organized and equipped as a French unit, the 93d quickly adjusted to its new assignment.

African-American Veterans Hoped Their Service in World War I Would Secure Their Rights at Home. ... Lewis was one of 380,000 black soldiers who had served in the United States army during the ...

Thus, African-American soldiers found themselves thousands of miles from home, wearing French helmets, obeying French commanders and firing French rifles at the enemy.

More than a million African Americans served in the military during WWII, and many of their names are lost to history. That’s why a local Abbeville woman is on a mission to identify forgotten ...

Why African-American Soldiers Saw World War II as a Two-Front Battle Drawing the connection between fascism abroad and hate at home, pre-Civil Rights activists declared the necessity of “double ...

Hari Jones talked about U.S. colored troops and African Americans' fight for freedom during the Civil War. He argued that African Americans played a broader role in defeating the Confederacy than ...

The 135th Infantry, made up of African-American soldiers did not go into battle. Instead, they were responsidble for the infrastucture that made it possible to restore the South after the Civil War.