AFRICAN-AMERICAN women who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II played a role in bringing about changes in segregationist U.S. military policy, a new book by a UB sociologist has found ...

Two African-American Army sergeants, Cornelius H. Charlton and William Thompson, earned the Medal of Honor. The 1960s marked a major transformation for African-American citizens in the United States.

Black Civil War soldier Private Aaron Bromley is buried in an unmarked Monroe grave. A Temperance teen is making sure he's ...

Retired Army Colonel Edna W. Cummings shares her journey of resilience and perseverance in her memoir 'A Soldier's Life'.

FORT BENNING, Ga. -- African-Americans should continue to seek opportunity in the U.S. military and to aim to excel in their service, an African-American who earned the Medal of Honor during the ...

Opportunity in the military often preceded that of the ... Drew at the time was a leading medical researcher and also African-American. Drew is famous for his work in the storage and processing ...

Orlando International Airport honors the contributions and sacrifices of the nation’s first African-American military pilots ...

For each man, Newmark gives us an overview of his background, his military service, and his later life ... and offers some coverage of the general neglect of the health of African American personnel.

Matt and Christina Beaver, Kodiak, Alaska The distribution of rations to African-American soldiers varied by region and command, says Krewasky A. Salter, guest associate curator for the military ...

Orlando International Airport is paying tribute to a special group of African-American servicemen in the US Army Air Forces. The airport has dedicated an area at its premises to an exhibition for ...

Two African-American Army sergeants, Cornelius H. Charlton and William Thompson, earned the Medal of Honor. The 1960s marked a major transformation for African-American citizens in the United States.