The Washington Post on MSN23d
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...
The Washington Informer9d
Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...
Citizen's Voice20d
LCCC to host traveling exhibition on “African Americans in Civil War Medicine”
The traveling banner exhibition and companion website explore the stories of Black men and women who, during the American Civil War, overcame prejudices to serve as soldiers, nurses, surgeons ...
Myanmar’s war is forcing some doctors and nurses into prostitution
Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, and the country’s economy, already hammered by the pandemic, started to buckle.
Sierra Sun Times8d
U.S. Senator Reintroduces Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans Who Fought to Preserve the Union in the Civil War
Mariposa California's original daily updated online newspaper is the premier site for news and information on Yosemite, Mariposa, California and United States ...
CBC.ca21d
Doctor with Hamilton ties, 1st Black man at White House reception, among 'courageous' Civil War surgeons
Newmark's book Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons ... probably the first Black soldiers for sure, to attend a White House reception ...
The Charlotte Observer on MSN16d
Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...