More than 6,500 African American women served during World War II. Many enlisted out of a patriotic sense of duty for a country that kept them segregated. While the Six Triple Eight has received ...

More than 75 years after World War II, a group of African American female soldiers in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion are being called heroes. Despite facing racial and gender ...

By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer When we consider African-American achievement in the military names we think of General Benjamin O. Davis, the Tuskegee Airmen, and General Colin ...

“I traced my mine back to the 1500′s which is really hard for an African American,” Ware added. She’s now helping identify African American soldiers from the Abbeville area who served in WWII.

A fascinating chapter in Arizona’s military history is on display at Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista. The museum at the fort showcases the buffalo soldiers, African American men and women who ...

African-American 'Buffalo Soldiers' protected national parks before rangers. ... Women are sex-trafficked in more storefronts than there are McDonald’s. But who’s watching?

A Female Buffalo Soldier. Cathay Williams was the first African American female solider to join the Army as well as the only known Black female member of the Buffalo Soldiers, a group of all-Black ...

African American soldiers from four local counties who fought for the United States during the American Civil War were recently honored at an event hosted by Right the Record and History Quest ...

Historians studying the Philippine-American War estimate that at as many as 15 Buffalo Soldiers decided that their place, rather than helping to suppress the Filipinos’ struggle for independence ...