6 Kings and 6 Queens explores the intense contest for the Modjadji Rain Queen’s throne in the Balobedu Kingdom, a matriarchal monarchy led by women for over 200 years.

At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...

Private Shadrach Battles was one of at least 5,000 black soldiers who served in the war. Highway marker OK'd for local African American Revolutionary War soldier Skip to main content Skip to main ...

A new Civil War trail sign has been installed in Plymouth to honor African-American soldiers who served in the Civil War. The dedication ceremony, held on Saturday, featured re-enactors from Tryon ...

From 1878 to 1901, two all-Black U.S. Army regiments played a positive role in helping keep the peace in the Beehive State.

Back in the Mexican-American War, from 1846 to 1848, the brass buttons on soldiers' uniforms resembled flour dumplings or dough cakes, known as "doughboys," according to references cited on Wikipedia.

The state of Kentucky introduced an African American Heritage Trail today, offering visitors nearly 50 primary sites and several additional locations that bring centuries of Black history to life ...

African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant ...

Around a quarter of all African-American soldiers who served in the western United States in the period of westward U.S. settlement following the Civil War, though, came through the state, he said.

Wright was a member of the 372nd Infantry, a segregated African American regiment that served in World War I under French command. He was part of a company known as the “Watershops Detachment.” ...

Two decades later, 400,000 African-American soldiers put their lives on the line in World War I. Valerie E. Lewis holds rifles belonging to her grandfather and great-grandfather.