Westside Legends President Tony Jackson and NAACP Berkshire Branch President Dennis Powell cut a ribbon to dedicate a new mural at Durant Park honoring the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

Attendees at Pittsfield's Juneteenth Celebration on Sunday take turns reading the names of soldiers from Berkshire County who served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War. PITTSFIELD ...

Although Memorial Day now commemorates those who died in all wars, it began when Black people commemorated the Civil War in 1865.

Glory restored to soldier's grave Albany's William Francis almost forgotten after serving in black Massachusetts unit made famous in Civil War movie By By DENNIS YUSKO Staff writer Oct 3, 2009 ...

Among the survivors of the 54th Massachusetts' attack on the battery was Sgt. William Harvey Carney, whose actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect ...

As the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment stormed toward Fort Wagner, South Carolina, the soldier carrying the American flag fell. It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of ...

A Soldier's Story Set during World War II, A Soldier's Story follows an African American army officer investigating the murder of a Black sergeant on a Louisiana military base. The narrative ...

Their son, Stephen, also fought in the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment. in the Civil War and died while fighting in the assault on Fort Wagner.

During the Civil War, Douglass recruited Black men to fight for the Union, including two of his sons who served in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, by artist Lloyd Lillie, rests in the Senate Chamber after is was unveiled during ceremonies, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at the Massachusetts Statehouse, ...