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Open Wednesday through Saturday, the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center is one of Ohio’s few African-American history museums and among the nation’s most diverse ...

In 1792, federal law barred African Americans from bearing arms in the U.S. Army, even though they had served in the American ...

Many of these men, once bound in slavery, were also being documented for the first time, impacting generations to come.

A Feb. 28 presentation in Battle Creek explores the stories behind Michigan’s first Black Civil War regiment, with signed ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — West Virginians fought during the Civil War to abolish slavery and preserve the Union. To honor them, the state legislature created special medals in 1866. Many of the ...

Samuel Carey (or Cary) is the only African American Civil War veteran known to have lived in Negaunee. Samuel was born in ...

A Virginia court heard arguments Tuesday over the Digital Gateway project that would border Manassas National Battlefield Park.

In 1942, James G. Thompson, of Wichita, Kansas, addressed a letter to the editor of The Pittsburgh Courier with a simple question.

"So many of my assumptions about the world and how to better it were turned upside down." ...

By 1864, more than 12,000 surgeons had served in the Union army throughout the Civil War. Just 14 of them were Black. Historian Jill Newmark's 2023 book is the first-ever comprehensive exploration of ...