Black History Month

Josephine Baker was a worldwide sensation at a time when Black performers were playing to segregated audiences in the United...

The first all-Black National Guard unit and the first to be commanded by Black officers became federalized and headed for...

John Fox's widow received his Medal of Honor in 1997, more than a half-century after he died while fighting the Germans in a...

The 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment that fought in the Revolutionary War was made up of Black men, American Indians and...

Vernon Baker eventually received the Medal of Honor for killing nine enemy troops in an assault of Castle Aghinolfi in...

Cathay Williams, the only female Buffalo soldier, originally was captured as "contraband" by the Union Army during the Civil...

Vincent Patton III served as the eighth master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard from 1998-2002.

Montel Williams enlisted in the Marines and served in the Navy before becoming a television host and motivational speaker.

After combat missions over Vietnam, Col. Guion S. Bluford Jr. flew on to become America's first Black astronaut.

The Tuskegee Airmen and the Montford Point Marines made significant contributions to the U.S. military.