South Carolina is erecting its first-ever statue of an African American in honor of a Civil War hero who escaped slavery and became a prominent political figure after pretending to be a ...

Louisiana's Fort Polk renamed after African American WWI soldier . Sgt. William Henry Johnson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2015. By Nakylah Carter. June 13, 2023, 2:55 PM.

A park development honoring Revolutionary War soldier Jim Capers on Eutawville battlefield in South Carolina aims to highlight his heroism and African American legacy nationally.

Over the years, many important African American landmarks have disappeared or fallen into disrepair. An effort to restore them promises a fuller understanding of American history as a whole.

POWELL: 167 African American soldiers were discharged without honor for a crime that they didn't do. QUINTARD: Many of those soldiers had served with distinction for 20 years.

Historians studying the Philippine-American War estimate that at as many as 15 Buffalo Soldiers decided that their place, rather than helping to suppress the Filipinos’ struggle for independence ...

African American history ‘graphically and powerfully’ shown at one-of-a-kind CT ... He said it’s important to have a positive component such as the rotating display to honor a figure of today.

Decades-old artifacts related to slavery and civil rights are rotating out of exhibits at the African American History Museum, as a potential White House review looms.