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In recent years, the National Park Service has broadened how it presents history in parks nationwide.

Vietnam War veterans (from left) Paris Davis, Melvin Morris and Clarence Sasser are the only living Black Medal of Honor recipients.

How the 3 Living Black Medal of Honor Recipients Embody the Military’s Top Award

On Jan. 10, 1968, Private 1st Class Clarence Sasser was part of a reconnaissance mission in southern Vietnam when his...

A court-martial of 64 members of the All-Black 24th Infantry Regiment is held on Nov. 1, 1917, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, stemming from the Houston Race Riot more than two months earlier. (National Archives and Records Administration photo)

Buffalo Soldiers Receive New VA Headstones Following Army Decision to Overturn Convictions

More than 100 years after they were convicted of mutiny and murder and hanged for the 1917 Houston Riot, 17 Black soldiers...

The 369th Infantry Regiment served on the front lines for 191 days during World War I, longer than any other American unit. In that time, the soldiers of the regiment, known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," never gave up any ground they captured. (Photo Credit: National Archives)

11 Examples of Black Heroism in the Military

Dating all the way back to the American Revolution, Blacks have played key roles in the history (and success) of the U.S...