Houston National Museum of African American History and Culture Photographic postcard of WWI soldiers National Museum of African American History and Culture World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage ...

they [African Americans] were basically trench diggers, dig the trenches, get rid of the waste…The French said, ‘Hey, we’ll take those Black soldiers, send them here.’” Overlooked ...

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 ...

A new memorial plaque at the Kennard African American Cultural Heritage Center recognizes approximately 435 Black soldiers ...

The commander of the American Expeditionary Force, General John Pershing had refused to lead black soldiers into battle. Most of the third of a million African Americans drafted into the US Army ...

Most estimates of postwar killings of African-Americans amount to about 4,000 ... of only seven black congressmen in 1875, his wartime service made him the most famous of the group.

Hearns said many of those formally enslaved African Americans went to look for family members who had been sold off. For many of them, seeing Black soldiers for the very first time was empowering.

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 ...

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 ...