Gordon Black, U.S. soldier jailed in Russia for threatening, robbing girlfriend, gets prison sentence reduced
A Russian appeals court reduced the prison sentence for Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, who was convicted of stealing from and ...
Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...
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African Americans in the Civil War
The following spring, the Confederate Congress passed a law that allowed the death penalty for white officers of black units and provided for captured black soldiers to be returned to slavery.
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Hegseth’s Attacks on Black Troops Evoke Long History of Anti-Racist Struggle
They stem primarily from white nationalist attitudes, obsessed with “Critical Race Theory” and now the updated term “DEI.” Their fantasies of purging Black soldiers trace back 160 years.
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...