Joseph Williams, an African American World War II veteran from Tallahassee, Florida, has recently turned 106 years old. His ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A long-forgotten African American cemetery in Jacksonville, where World War II veterans and descendants of slave families are buried, is finally receiving the honor and ...

"This book is an account of the 2,445 African American men who were killed, wounded or decorated during World War II in the Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine. In addition to detailing the ...

Since the earliest days of the nation, U.S. citizenship has been linked to military service. Even though blacks fought and died in all American wars, their own freedom was usually restricted or denied ...

In “The Wounded Generation” and “1942,” the historians David Nasaw and Peter Fritzsche show how civilians struggled with the ...

French forces' 1944 massacre of African World War II troops demanding pay in Senegal was "premeditated" and "covered up", with previous death tolls vastly underestimated, according to a paper ...

World War II hero Lt. Col. George Hardy ... He boarded a southbound train with two other African-American cadets. After changing trains in Cincinnati, more than the landscape outside the windows ...

Looking back on her remarkable career, retired Army Colonel Edna W. Cummings can justly say that “the odds ain’t good, but good stuff happens.” Those words were never truer than on April 29, 2025, ...