Black History Month

When Marlon Green applied to Continental Airlines in 1957, he didn't put his race on the application.

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

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

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

In a daring feat of strength and endurance following an enemy attack that sank the USS Gregory on Sept. 5, 1942, Charles...

In 1993, the Army initiated a review of its records to find out why no Black men who served in World War II were awarded the...

Jackie Robinson's court-martial kept the baseball icon from fighting in World War II Europe.

"Red Summer 1919: An Instrumental Opera," pays homage to the Black men who returned home from war, only to find a new war on...

Salem Poor was among the first Massachusetts men to join a militia as a "Minuteman," able to respond to British aggression at...