Explore the history of Memorial Day and the African American contributions to the holiday. Learn about the true purpose and ...

Here’s a thoughtful list of meaningful places where you can pay your respects to Black military personnel this Memorial Day ...

In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who ...

One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

Although Memorial Day now commemorates those who died in all wars, it began when Black people commemorated the Civil War in ...

A working sketch of the monument for Raising the Shade committee ... collaborated with the National Archives and the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C. Once the research ...

Memorial Day traces its earliest origins to the courageous efforts of African American soldiers who fought valiantly in the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American ... s work after the Civil War. The Smalls statue would stand ...

After the Civil ... war, of a free, black settlement, named for the hated Union, made a dramatic claim to equality and liberty. The passionate man labeled as the “most influential African ...

ST. LOUIS – In a relentless rainstorm, a groundbreaking ceremony was held, attributing to the sacrifice of African American soldiers during the Civil War. “The troops could go out if our ...