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Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black ...
Leading historians aim to restore and grow respect for enslaved people and their descendants on Juneteenth, commemorating the ...
At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...
The first celebration featured talks about an all-female, all-Black battalion in World War II ... to tell stories of Black soldiers in the Civil War she will take advantage of it.
On Juneteenth, Raleigh pays tribute to the often-overlooked U.S. Colored Troops who played a pivotal role in the Union's ...
These are the men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment — the first all-Black battalion enlisted during the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. A new mural, “Pride of the ...
Two key chapters of the Black American ... experiences in World War II on a continuum of activism toward social progress that stretches from World War I to the American Civil Rights Movement ...
By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington The only all-Black, all-female Army battalion to serve in ... led the Confederate Army during the Civil War was renamed in 2023 in honor of Colonel ...