As the nation commemorates the 250th anniversary of the War for Independence, the contributions of Black patriots are at risk ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved ... the National Archives and the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C. Once the research ...

“So much of the African American story ... state ports. Many people think the 54th Massachusetts was the first Black regiment to fight for the Union in the Civil War, Allen says.

White - Author, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors ... the president to allow Black men to join the Union Army. Since the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln had rejected Black ...

One Concord man is making sure that the contributions of people of color during the war do not go ... in the time of the American Revolution, the multiracial society of Black, Indigenous, mixed ...

With nothing planned at Locust Hill African Cemetery for the 160th anniversary of the end to the Civil War, not that such a ...

"The federal civil service gave us opportunities to live out our American Dream ... "What (Trump) needs to know is most Black people were promoted on merit,” she said.

Last month, Associate Professor of History Michael Vorenberg published his new book, “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War.” The book challenges the traditional narrative that ...