Reports on the increase in the number of Afro-Americans in the United States Army Reserves. Percentage of the minority groups making up the organization; History and contributions by Afro-Americans in the US Army Reserve force; Estim...
Right - Two Marine recruits in a light tank during training in mechanized warfare at Camp Lejeune. April 1943. The War in Europe Left - Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., the first African-American general in the U.S. Army, watches a Signal Corps crew erecting poles, somewhere in ...
Glory is a historical war drama that delves into the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army's first African-American regiment in the American Civil War. The narrative unfolds through the eyes of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), who leads this group of ...
This 1989 film told the story of a military unit made up entirely of African Americans who fought for the Union Army during the Civil War. Denzel Washington took home an Oscar for his portrayal of Private Silas Trip in the movie. Akeelah and the Bee is another great inspirational film....
The presence of African American soldiers in the Confederate army is a little known fact of the Civil War. Here are the answers you need to know.
Learn about the role that African Americans soldiers, Black heroes, and slavery had during the Civil War.
African Americans endured a long and difficult road to acceptance as combat troops in World War I. Even as they earned the right to fight for their country, racism and neglect left them largely unprepared for conditions on the Western Front. The 92d and 93d Divisions both fought in the Meu...
In the early hours of June 2, 1863, Union army gunboats idled along the banks of South Carolina’s Combahee River, waiting to give the signal to the enslaved people hiding ashore. ... American history African American History A Century Ago, 10 Black Nursing Students Made History June 20...
African Americans - Civil Rights, Education, Equality: The civil rights movement underwent a marked shift in emphasis after 1970. Legislative goals had largely been achieved. And even more significant than some of the civil rights laws was Pres. Lyndon J
One of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, African Americans are primarily the descendants of slaves. Today, most African Americans are descended from various ethnic groups, mostly from western and central Africa. They were captured in African wars or raids and transported in the Atlan...