Every war film contains an element of truth, but movies like Hacksaw Ridge and 1917 aim to tell unique and compelling stories ...

The Milwaukee Juneteenth parade honors Anna Mae Robertson, a WWII hero and civil rights activist, as her family carries on her legacy after she died recently.

In 2025, archaeologists researching the Civil War history of Kentucky found what may be two mass graves near Simpsonville.

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and ...

Adams, renamed in 2023 for Black Army officers from South Carolina, to change it back to Fort Lee under plan from Donald ...

Of all the cruel things people endured during enslavement, the constant threat of losing your loved ones had to be among the ...

They were deployed through the urging from civil rights activist ... GREENSBORO — When the only battalion of Black women serving overseas during World War II returned home, they didn’t receive ...

The 6888th Battalion was the only all-Black, all-female ... Attucks became a symbol of civil rights and a martyr in American history. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. — World War II Photo: Getty Images ...

When World War II ended, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion disbanded in 1946 at Fort Dix in New Jersey, with little fanfare. The battalion of mostly African American women had ... Griggs ...

State and local officials gathered on Friday in Raleigh to celebrate the renaming of a local post office after a civil rights leader, and a member of the only all-Black female World War II unit.

The Congressional Gold Medal this past week was bestowed to the “Six Triple Eight,” a predominantly Black, all-female unit that served in Europe during World War II and which featured a number ...