The Six Triple Eight helped rewrite the rules on who could be a soldier – the real story behind the Netflix film
The 6888th US battalion tackled entrenched racism as well as confronting the challenges of sexism in the military – but the ...
African American Civil War hero to be honored outside SC’s state grounds
A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ...
South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ...
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ACPL honors Black Civil War soldiers with new exhibit
The exhibit is open now and spotlights the vital role Black soldiers played in the Civil War. It features Lincoln-era photographs, letters, documents, and art. “With this exhibi ...
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An Unlikely Army of Militia and Pirates Shocked the World by Defeating the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans
Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 ...
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Medals of Honor Awarded to 5 Soldiers from Korean War and 2 from Vietnam
In his opening remarks at the White House ceremony, Biden said the Medal of Honor recipients epitomized the American ideal ...
Late Korean War hero, Texas Tech alum Richard E. Cavazos receives Medal of Honor
Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a Korean War hero and Texas Tech alum who became the first Hispanic U.S. Army general, posthumously received a Medal of Honor.