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

Organizers have canceled a parade planned to honor the 207th birthday of the Maryland native and famed abolitionist after the ...

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...

Who Was MooreCecil Bassett Moore was a Black American activist, lawyer and politician during the civil rights movement who operated mostly in Philadelphia. He was known for his more aggressive push ...

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

Throughout America's history, from the Battle of Lexington to the Battle of Fallujah, Black Soldiers ... War of 1812. Despite their heroism, they were again barred from service until the Civil ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

Screengrab from the Outer Banks History Center on Facebook A hotel was North Carolina’s first “safe haven” for enslaved people during the Civil War ... of a Black man. The soldiers only ...

The Navy is also taking more of its training programs offline -- the latest in a series of quiet reviews, policy changes and website removals spurred by a pair of presidential orders.