White Sands National Park, New Mexico Imagine a sea of white, not snow, but sand stretching as far as the eye can see. White ...

More and more projects across Kentucky are uncovering Black history through historical documents, then putting them online ...

Benjamin O. Davis Senior’s career started during a time when society and, more so the military, did not think highly of African American soldiers. Becoming an officer would have been nearly ...

Brave New World has finally swooped into theaters and you know what that means? We’ve been on an Easter egg hunt.

the most famous grove of giant sequoias in the world, was built. “Then in Sequoia in 1904, African American soldiers built what’s considered to be the first museum in what would become the ...

Battlegrounds abound – psychological, emotional, physical – making the bleakly entrenched soldiers of 1916 ... compelling mosaic of late-’70s African-American life. A landmark of independent ...

In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, and triumphs of Black ...

Although African Americans had served in previous wars long before the Civil War, there was initial resistance to recruiting them as soldiers at the start of the conflict. However, on May 22 ...

Retired Lt. Col. Michael Lee Lanning, author, "The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell" Black Americans have left an indelible mark on history and on our society.

African American soldiers known as the Buffalo Soldiers helped protect Yosemite National Park in the 19th and early 20th ...