In a relentless rainstorm, a groundbreaking ceremony was held, attributing to the sacrifice of African American soldiers ...

Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia.

The May 1, 1863 New York Tribune summed up many Northerners' feelings about African American soldiers when it declared, "Loyal Whites have generally become willing that they should fight ...

An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and Battery Creek.

Black Troops Become the Nucleus of the Freedom Struggle One of the earliest civil rights struggles in America revolved around Black soldiers. First it was a struggle for African Americans to have ...

They analyze period propaganda posters to understand how racial relations were shifting during World War I, and then write letters from the perspective of African-American soldiers or their family ...

On a clear fall day in California in 1903, a group of soldiers and civilians, both African American and Caucasian, gathered in Sequoia National Park. They ate fried chicken, ham and cheese sandwiches, ...