The posters can be used to launch discussions around the Many Rivers to Cross series and contain episode descriptions, broadcast dates, notable quotes from famous African-Americans, and short ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first African American four-star general in Marine Corps history, Gen. Michael E. Langley, credited his father with telling him to “aim high” and predicted that his ...

An advertisement for Camp Lejeune troops reviewed by Military.com invited African American Marines at the rank of lance corporal and below for enlisted and captain and below for officers to ...

Retired Marine Colonel Gilda A. Jackson reflects on her groundbreaking journey as the first African American woman to reach that rank in the Marine Corps. From enlisting at 17 to leading Marines and ...

The poster shows an African-American soldier bravely fighting German ... No African Americans were allowed to serve in the Marine Corps and the first Black soldiers deployed were limited to ...

A ceremony was held at the Montford Point Marine Memorial to recognize those trailblazers who often go unmentioned in stories of African Americans in the military. "This is not Marine Corps ...

As African Americans, the Montford Point Marines were underestimated yet they persisted, Rogers said. Instead of going to traditional camps at Parris Island, South Carolina, and San Diego ...

Lee Newby Jr. of Detroit, one of the first African-American Marines, was honored by state lawmakers during a celebration of his 100th birthday on Saturday. The ceremony at the Detroit Marriott in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...