Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where minutemen fought British soldiers who tried to seize their guns and gunpowder.

After the Civil War, 18 veterans ... A gray-haired white woman read a poem she wrote in the voice of an enslaved black man. Descendants of both the African-American founders and the white ...

The Civil War ... most white northerners were not interested in fighting to free slaves or in giving rights to black people. For this reason, the government turned away African American voluteers ...

Following the American Civil War and the ... was also clear in wages. Black Americans were often paid less than white Americans in the same job. After World War Two, the NAACP started to take ...