A new monument honoring 70 Black men from Franklin County who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War was ...

This video is no longer available. The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth Thursday with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, ...

The Franklin County NAACP has unveiled a monument honoring 70 African American men who served in the United States Colored ...

People exiting Washington, D.C.’s U Street – African American Civil War Memorial – Cardozo Metro stop were welcomed by dozens of people chanting names into microphones on a blustery November morning.

One of Washington's lesser-known museums is re-locating with the goal of attracting and educating more people. The African-American Civil War Museum pays tribute to the thousands of black Americans ...

The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up ...

Historian Jeff Kannel shares stories of Wisconsin African American Civil War soldiers. Historian Jeff Kannel shares stories of Wisconsin African American soldiers during and after the Civil War, and ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- One of the most important African American leaders of the late 1800s was born in North Carolina, but his accomplishments and influence vanished from history for 100 years. Abraham ...

A new statue honoring Civil War hero and former congressman Robert Smalls will become the first monument of an individual African American on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. Artist Basil Watson ...

The lives of African American veterans of the Civil War will gain recognition with a special memorial service Locust Hill Cemetery in Trenton. At least ten Black soldiers lie interred in the small ...