One of 1st Black Marines to serve in combat honored for 100th birthday
Former Cpl. Lawrence “Larry” Diggs, a Montford Point Marine and World War II vet, received early 100th birthday wishes from top military officials.
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Black soldiers honored by name at Civil War battlefield
Flags were placed at the graves of 13 Black soldiers killed in an 1864 massacre at Ross Landing, Arkansas, buried as unknowns but recently identified.
Trump celebrates Black History Month at White House event
President Donald Trump marked African American History Month by pledging Tuesday to make real the vision of “every American patriot” who fought and sacrificed for freedom.
Charles Young: The Army’s first black colonel
The officer's Army career began with solitude and discrimination at West Point.
Black Union soldiers fought a costly battle for equal pay
The strategy of paying black troops less than their white counterparts pleased no one.
Marine Corps veteran reflects on anniversary of military desegregation
2018 marks the 70th anniversary of President Harry Truman's directive to end racial segregation in the armed services.
1st Rhode Island Regiment: First African-American military regiment
Known as the "Black Regiment," the 1st Rhode Island Regiment had several companies of African American soldiers its ranks
This ex-slave pretended to be a man and served in the Army
Cathay Williams was the only documented female buffalo soldier. From 1866 to 1868, an uneducated, illiterate former slave managed to deceive her fellow soldiers, officers and post medical personnel.
‘General Tubman’: Female abolitionist was also a secret military weapon
Harriet Tubman helped plan a South Carolina river raid that freed hundreds of slaves.
The many missions and accolades of the Tuskegee Airmen
A group of World War II pilots — known as the Tuskegee Airmen — were the first African American pilots in the military.
Interview: First black Army secretary on desegregation, the draft, and discrimination
Clifford Alexander Jr. was nominated by President Carter to lead the Army as it shaped itself into a post-Vietnam, all-volunteer force.
