As Black History Month continues, WAAY 31 is spotlighting historic advancements made by Black Americans in North Alabama.
Benjamin O. Davis Senior’s career started during a time when society and, more so the military, did not think highly of ...
Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of ...
Cathay Williams defied the odds as the first African-American woman to enlist in the U.S. Army, disguising herself as a man to serve in the Buffalo Soldiers. Despite facing racism, sexism, and health ...
African American soldiers known as the Buffalo Soldiers helped protect Yosemite National Park in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and their legacy continues to be celebrated today through ...
Charlie Anderson stood stoically on Lee Street facing the bronze historical marker at 819 Lee St. that gives an account of a tragic part of Alexandria history where an undetermined number of ...
A parcel of land on an existing Revolutionary War battlefield in Eutawville is being developed into a park to be named after a Revolutionary War soldier and freed African American slave Jim Capers.