Alfonso Domingo, co-director of the documentary “Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War”, explains the unknown work of the men who defended the rights denied to them in ...

Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for ... In one of the bloodiest battles of the war, African American troops from the 9th Louisiana Infantry, the 1st Mississippi Infantry ...

Carole Emberton, Author of To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner ‘Karen Cook Bell’s edited work lowers the volume of nineteenth century chatter to discern the small yet ...

In the patriotic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, African Americans demanded the right to play their part in the war against Japan. As they soon learned, however, the freedom for which the United States and ...

The experiences of African Americans during World War II highlight ... Their contributions during the war laid the groundwork for civil rights advancements, including the pivotal Brown v.

Since the Civil War, African American and white units ... National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture.

Then, leaders in the party refuse to say the Civil War is ... openly during the interview. Describing “The Grift,” his second authored work, as a reclamation of Black American political ...

Maggie Walker was an African American businesswoman who defied the odds and made history during the atrocities of the Jim ...

Talk of repaying African-Americans has been around since the Civil War era, when centuries of slavery officially ended. Some experts have calculated the worth of black labour during slavery as ...

Most Confederate monuments were not built until nearly a generation after the war ended in 1865, mostly due to a lack of funds during ... rights for African-Americans. "The civil rights movement ...