U.S. forces liberated Nazi concentration camps 80 years ago this month. Among the liberators were Black, Latino, Asian American and Native American soldiers whose actions today are often forgotten.

Weren’t men and women of color who served with distinction ... I was there in 1997 when seven Black World War II soldiers finally received the military’s highest award, one that had ...

African American troops line up, National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that ... the military believed black soldiers were unsuited to serve ...

Their stories were not well preserved in art or textbooks, yet recent scholarship in Concord and Lexington aims to uncover ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up one-tenth of the fighting forces for the Union Army. Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil ...