Sojourner Truth, a revered woman, was very passionate about women’s rights. The famous African American abolitionist is best known for her speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Ohio Women’s ...

After the Civil War, 18 veterans of the United States Colored ... The passionate man labeled as the “most influential African American of the nineteenth century.” This is his voice.

JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) – Community members and officials gathered at the African American Veterans Memorial Garden for their annual Memorial Day Celebration. The event started with a prayer from ...

In response, Confederate veterans founded the Ku Klux Klan ... leaders of the reconstructed state governments and the African-American citizens they tried to protect. Scholarly attention ...

Despite policies of racial segregation and discrimination, African-American soldiers played a significant role from the colonial period to the Korean War. It wasn't until the middle of the 20th ...

His bill follows the layoffs of thousands of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employees, and plans for additional cuts, McGarvey told a gathering for African American veterans in Louisville's ...