Edna Griffin led one of the nation's first successful civil rights cases in 1948, challenging segregation at Katz Drug Store ...

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Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

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The world needs more nurses. If the heroes spotlighted in this article today teach anything it’s this: Be the change you want to see in your community.

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

Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, and the country’s economy, already hammered by the pandemic, started to buckle.

BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- A group of us from around Medina County have been working on finding the stories of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Medina County. The effort is part of the preparation for ...

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

BUCHAREST, Romania – Soldiers from the U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Black Sea and the 1st Cavalry Division stepped into the heart of Romanian history during a visit to the National History Museum ...

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 ...