There’s a painting on display right now in the Rhode Island Statehouse that tells an important tale of American history: It’s ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

And when the Revolutionary War broke out a few decades later, he became one of the area’s Black soldiers fighting for the American cause. The scant records of the time indicate he may have fought at ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution ... or Loyalist. For black people, what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ...

The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.

Archaeologists have possibly identified two mass graves of Black Union soldiers in Kentucky. The discovery will help them ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

A new marker in Exeter, New Hampshire, honors Black Revolutionary War soldiers and their families who lived there after the war. The new marker is part of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire.