Black History Month

When Janie L. Mines arrived at the Naval Academy, the academy wasn't ready for women.

After watching his dad narrowly escape a lynch mob, Eugene Bullard fled to France and took to the skies.

An African-American woman fought to get her intel analyses recognized, even in the face of disaster, during the Vietnam War.

Stories about members of New York's historic 369th Infantry Regiment, recently featured in a graphic novel, "The Harlem...

The first Black American infantry regiment to fight in World War I, the 369th spent more time in the trenches and under fire...

When Italy threatened Ethiopia, Emperor Haile Selassie I invited Black pilot John Robinson to fly for him.

The Red Express provided the logistical lifeline to the Allies in Europe.

The first Black man in a Union uniform, Nick Biddle was also the first man wounded in the Civil War.

"The more we know about our history, the more likely we are to learn from past mistakes and benefit from lessons learned,"...

Daniel "Chappie" James was a lot of things: Tuskegee airman, Korean War fighter ace -- and the man who almost shot Libyan...