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For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the ...

For enslaved Black Americans living through the Revolutionary War, freedom sometimes meant donning the red coat of the enemy.

Buffalo Soldiers have been mythologized in movies, television, and popular songs. Despite this romanticism, their history is ...

Salem Poor, a Black soldier, was singled out for his bravery in one of the first clashes of the American Revolution, but his ...

A Black soldier in action in the Pacific during World War II as seen in the exhibit “The Blue Helmets in Action,” which is on display at Houston’s Buffalo Soldiers National Museum through June 30.

Vicksburg, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg ...

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From the Revolutionary War to today’s conflicts, Black soldiers have bravely served in America’s military, fighting for freedoms they often couldn’t enjoy themselves. Memorial Day gives us a perfect ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and '50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through Vicksburg ...