There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...

In the 19th century, the forced bondage and inhumane treatment of Black Americans fiercely divided the United States, North ...

Black History Month was recognized nationally in 1976, when President Gerald Ford designated the month as a time for the ...

The term "military-age men" is used to describe migrants from China and Africa but experts say working-age men is a fairer ...

For over 200 years, it said, Native Americans have “served with distinction in the United States military in every major conflict,” earning medals and honors like Purple Hearts, Bronze Stars and the ...

The very first Black winner for an acting Academy Award, Hattie McDaniel won it for Best Supporting Actress with her ...

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the birthplace of the blues.

On the last day of January, the day before Black History Month was set to begin, newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete ...

Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, recalls the momentous sit-in that ignited a nationwide civil rights movement as he ...

With more than a hint of snark Monday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gleefully declared that what had been briefly called ...

Marion Superior Judge James Joven said current state law clearly exempts terminated pregnancy reports from release under the ...