Hear Firsthand Accounts from 'The Six Triple Eight' in a Free Online Documentary Screening The trailblazing soldiers depicted in the Netflix film are featured in a free virtual screening of an informative documentary...
The Tuskegee Airmen: A Tribute to Military Pioneers A brief history of this groundbreaking World War II air crew.
'We'll Be Back For You': Jesse Brown and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir At a time when the United States was still divided by segregation, Navy pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner were a model of...
9 Black Veterans Who Blazed a Path in Hollywood These nine military veterans have made a huge impact in movies and television.
Famous Vet Colin Powell Became First Black Secretary of State in US Gen. Colin Powell, a son of Jamaican immigrants, rose to the top of the U.S. military.
Getting to Know the First Black Navy SEALs Fred "Tiz" Morrison and William Goines were Black pioneers in naval special warfare and generally acknowledged to be the...
What You Should Know About the Tuskegee Airmen The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of Black pilots who helped the Allies win World War II -- and helped break the military...
The Tuskegee Airmen Won the First Air Force 'Top Gun' Aerial Gunnery Competition Lt. Col. James Harvey, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, called winning the Air Force's "Top Gun" competition in 1949 "the...
The Air Force Pilot Who Fought to Desegregate the Airline Industry When Marlon Green applied to Continental Airlines in 1957, he didn't put his race on the application.
At a Civil War Battlefield in Mississippi, There's a New Effort to Include More Black History In recent years, the National Park Service has broadened how it presents history in parks nationwide.
Trump Orders 1,500 Active-Duty Troops to Border Ahead of Pentagon Security Plan Deadline It was not immediately clear what units and service branches would be tapped for the deployment, but the announcement comes...
Trailblazing Coast Guard Commandant Fired by Trump Administration Adm. Linda Fagan, the first woman to serve in the Coast Guard's top job, was relieved following the swearing-in ceremony for...
Air Force Officer Who Advocated for Women in Leadership Roles Removed from Command Col. Julie Sposito-Salceies was relieved from the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam unit by Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of...
Air Force Groups that Advocated for Beard Policies, Better Body Armor Are Gutted by Trump Directive Air Force and Space Force groups that helped create policy and improve the quality of life for women, minorities and LGBTQ+...
Trump Administration Directs All Federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Staff Be Put on Leave President Donald Trump's administration has moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all...