WWI’s Harlem Hellfighters honored with Congressional Gold Medal
The 369th Infantry Regiment has been formally awarded the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal—one of the highest...
Appeals court blocks private lawsuits under Voting Rights Act’s disability assistance provision
This provision guarantees that voters who need assistance due to disability, blindness, or inability to read...
Who is Rep. Senfronia Thompson, a member of the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting
Now serving her 50th year in the Texas Legislature, Thompson is the longest-serving woman and African...
WWII USS Utah survivor Clark Simmons’ 1998 Pearl Harbor interview removed from National Park Service website
A significant excerpt from an oral history interview with Clark Simmons, a survivor of the 1941...
What was the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion? The unsung Black soldiers who protected D-Day’s skies
When Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, a little-known but highly...
Who Is Doris Miller, the first Black sailor to receive the Navy Cross for heroism at Pearl Harbor
Doris “Dorie” Miller was not just a cook in the U.S. Navy—he was a man who...
NIH cuts sickle cell research grant
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has abruptly decided to cancel a $750,000 grant supporting sickle cell...
Who is George Bland: WWII Pearl Harbor survivor
George Franklin Bland Sr. was a sailor, a survivor, and a lifelong patriot whose memory is...
Data links WWI service to NAACP growth
A study from Harvard Kennedy School researchers has produced the most comprehensive quantitative analysis to date...
Tuskegee Airmen: “America’s Freedom Flyers” exhibit opens in St. Louis
The exhibit presents an immersive, data-rich journey into the lives, service, and legacy of the first...
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