The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

The Six Triple Eight, a military battalion made up of 855 Black women during World War II, included 19 from Maryland.

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...

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

Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...

A new bill aims to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who fought for the Union in the Civil War ... While Black women were not allowed to officially enlist as soldiers ...

Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.

Slave Trading in the Civil War South A Harper's Weekly illustration of Confederate soldiers driving Black Americans south in 1862 Library of Congress In the late summer of 1865, a few months after ...

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

At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black ...

“In accordance with the new guidance, the Maryland National Guard must ... His legacy includes recruiting Black soldiers for the Civil War, becoming an advisor to Abraham Lincoln, and ultimately ...