Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of society has an integration story, including the military. The Fighting for ...

In the lead up to and during World War II the military establishment continued to maintain that African-Americans soldiers were not as capable as their white counterparts and needed more intensive ...

African American troops line up, National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned ...

Many famous university professors and military historians actually ... that over 1.2 million African-Americans served in uniform during World War II and a million or more served on the home ...

Many local veterans want to pay homage to the Triple Nickles, the first African American paratroopers, who served during ...

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women ...

More than 1,000 Black soldiers trained to become officers at Fort Des Moines during WWI. This year, the Iowa Historical Society will honor their service with a commemorative marker.

In honor of Black History Month, community members were invited to a free tour at the National D-Day Memorial.

a unit of African American women in World War II. The 6888th Battalion was tasked with clearing a two-year backlog of mail for soldiers in Europe, which they accomplished in 90 days. Lewis is ...

ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN)-- The honors were late but still well-received Wednesday for members of the first all-African-American, all-female unit to serve overseas in World War II. During the war ...

YOU KNOW, AS A SOLDIER MYSELF, WHEN MAIL CALL COMES AROUND ... "A great story, and rarely has a story been told on African Americans in World War II, but this African American unit of all females," he ...

Although African Americans had served in previous wars long before the Civil War, there was initial resistance to recruiting them as soldiers at the start of the conflict. However, on May 22 ...