The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

Sergeant Henry Johnson, a native of Albany, enlisted in 1917 with the all-Black 15th New York National Guard regiment, which was also know as the Harlem Hellfighters. During his military career ...

It would take two more decades and another world war before the Navy -- and the rest of the military -- took seriously the contributions of Black women, albeit begrudgingly and slowly. Through ...

As the armies prepare to take the fight to Thanos, Winston Duke's Chief M'Baku begins a familiar war chant — the same heard in the first challenge and later battle against Killmonger in Black ...

During Smalls’ first meeting with Lincoln, he urged the president to allow Black men to join the Union Army. Since the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln had rejected Black volunteers ...

He was born enslaved in 1745 in nearby Chelmsford, Massachusetts. And when the Revolutionary War broke out a few decades later, he became one of the area’s Black soldiers fighting for the American ...

That’s a threat to all Americans who rely on quality government services — and threatens to undo decades of progress for Black families in particular. As leaders from different generations ...

America celebrates its 250th anni[1]versary as a nation on July 4, 2026, the date the Declaration of Independence was signed.

The rivalry between Black Clover and Naruto is nothing new.Black Clover has spent the entirety of its serialization being accused of plagiarizing other Shonen series, which also includes ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - State Representative Melanie Miller has introduced legislation to recognize the 6888th Central Post Battalion, an all-Black women’s unit that served during World War II.