The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went...
The Oldest-Ever Buffalo Soldier Enlisted in 1910 and Lived to Fight in 2 World Wars Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven...
The Golden 14: How Black Women Exploited a Loophole to Serve During World War I The Golden 14 were attached to the USS Triton during World War I and served as the Navy's first enlisted Black women.
The Trailblazing Nurses Who Kept the Tuskegee Airmen Flying As the U.S. war machine churned to life during World War II, the need for manpower began to push the limits of the...
Their Relatives Were Black Heroes. They Fear the Military Won't Celebrate Their Stories Anymore. When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for...
No Flyover or Band for Frederick Douglass Celebration. Maryland Guard Says It Violates Pentagon Policy. A formal memo from the Maryland National Guard's Joint Operations Center, dated Feb. 7, said the reserve component would be...
To These Black Retirees, the Federal Civil Service Now Under Attack Was a Path to the Middle Class The federal civil service that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling has been a way for people of color, in...
Tuskegee Airman and Legendary World War II Fighter Pilot Harry Stewart Dies at 100 Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single...
2 Black Marines Who Broke Racial Barriers During WWII Died Within Days of Each Other Cosmas Eaglin Sr. and Nathaniel "Nate" Boone joined the segregated Montford Point Marines during World War II and were...
Defense Department Declares 'Identity Months Dead,' Barring Black History Month and Others The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense...
Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar but No Early Reports of Casualties, Damage One of the largest U.S. bases in the Middle East was attacked Monday by an Iranian missile strike just days after the U.S...
ICE Detains Marine Corps Veteran's Wife Who Was Still Breastfeeding Their Baby U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine...
VA Changes Discrimination Policy for Health Care Staff, Denies Doctors Could Withhold Treatment The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact...
Oregon Dems Vote to Prevent Trump from Deploying Oregon National Guard, as He Did in California Oregon Democrats and one Republican in the House voted Friday to draw a “line in the sand” to try to prevent President Donald...
Germany Weighs Compulsory Military Service After Suspension 'Mistake' Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is preparing a draft bill aimed at making military service more attractive - while also...
