Historian Jeff Kannel shares stories of Wisconsin African American soldiers during and after the Civil War, and the simultaneous respect and racial discrimination Black veterans faced.

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

The virtual Feb. 19 program will be co-hosted by the new African Americans in the Civil War Era Round Table.

But one unique story of Black migration and land dispossession is now being told. That's the story of the Kingdom of the ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

Object Details Author Wynn, Neil A Contents Acknowledgements -- Overview -- Chronology -- Introduction: African American and war in historical context -- Chapter 1: African Americans on the eve of war ...

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

This summer, on the anniversary of that famous battle, the full version of DC’s African American Civil War Memorial Museum will finally open, following years of delays due to the pandemic and ...

The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black people were funneled into concentration camps.

Pinheiro, author of “The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice,” said the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, which opens this ...

Discover the untold stories of African American bravery in WWII, from the Tuskegee Airmen to Montford Point Marines, and their lasting legacy.

Ohio became home to many people, including Black migrants from the south after the Civil War ended. Hasan Kwame Jeffries is an Associate Professor of African American History at The Ohio State ...