Smithsonian collections document the patriotic service of African Americans throughout our Nation's history, from the American Revolution up to today. At the National Museum of African American ...

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

Following the end of slavery, segregation policies prohibited African Americans from being buried in “White Only” cemeteries. Black cemeteries were often in flood-prone areas or undesirable ...

The tense atmosphere would explode that summer in New York City, in the worst riots in American history. The May 1, 1863 New York Tribune summed up many Northerners' feelings about African ...

An estimated 100,000 African Americans escaped, died or were killed during the American Revolution. And I hereby further declare all indented servants, Negroes, or others (appertaining to Rebels ...

There are many African American who were in the shadow and doing the work and also had enough love and empathy to pour into us” said Canton Fire Chief K. Akhar Bennett ...

Stowers was an African-American and, when the United States entered ... Jemadar Mir Mast: deserting to get back to India in WW1. videoJemadar Mir Mast: deserting to get back to India in WW1 ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

Commissioner Jeanette Moy announced the 2025 Black History Month observance at the Empire State Plaza will feature exhibits and events celebrating African Americans' history, accomplishments, ...

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 ...