William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Dozens of attendees came to the Irene Givens Administration Building for the unveiling of ten new historic markers.

Bruce Anderson, an African American war hero buried in Amsterdam, fought alongside a Canajoharie white man, Zachariah Neahr, ...

In 1898, in the landmark case of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the birthright citizenship guarantee, ...

Black Americans have been playing baseball for a lot longer than many people realize argues there’s at least one demographic that’s not represented in MLB as much as it could — and should be.

Historian David Cecelski has "devoted a fair bit" of historical research to the people of Betty Town, how their land was ...

The ability of the media to portray brutal repression of the Southern African Americans, and in parallel, speeches by Civil rights spokesmen, worked in tandem with presidential and legislative decisio ...

Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

Beneath the weeds lie Charles Conrad, Nathaniel Ferris, Andrew Jackson, Charles Riley, William Johnson, George McClain, ...

Biden removed the names of Confederate generals from nine Army installations. Trump has restored those Confederate names, but ...

Beyoncé is facing backlash for wearing a T-shirt during her Juneteenth performance that referred to Native Americans and Mexican revolutionaries as “enemies of peace,” sparking criticism for ...

Black Americans have historically been overrepresented in military combat, facing greater risks and less support than their counterparts.