A free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will look at African American engagment in World War II and its place in social ...

Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of ...

African American troops line up, National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned ...

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen’s service in World War II is inspiring: When skilled African American pilots, grounded because of their race, finally won the opportunity to serve their country, they ...

A video on the pioneering Black pilots, famed for their World War II exploits, was stripped from an Air Force basic training ...

In just a few years the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard made significant advancements in the treatment of their African-American personnel. World War II was a watershed for race relations ...

Few military groups in American history can hold ... United States Army Air Forces during World War II, they also put to rest the prejudice against African Americans fighting for their country ...

The Tuskegee Airmen were founded in 1941 in Tuskegee, Alabama when the U.S. Army Air Corps began a program to train Black servicemembers as Air Corps Cadets.

More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...