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Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
Sgt. William Carney, a member of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment, was the first Black American to earn the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for fighting at Fort Wagner ...
The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on
The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the nation’s founding. Flora stayed in the Portsmouth area, operating ...
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The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades
After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone ...
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Meet Julian Francis Abele, the first Black graduate of Penn's architecture department
Abele earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1902, becoming the first African American graduate from what is currently Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Guardians home opener marks Frank Robinson's 50th anniversary as MLB's first Black manager
As the Cleveland Guardians play their 2025 home opener, April 8 marks 50 years since Frank Robinson debuted as MLB's first ...
‘Amy Sherald: American Sublime’ At The Whitney Re-imagines American Realism With Singular Visual Narratives
Sherald’s oeuvre so far is singular in its advancement of the American Realist tradition of artists such as Edward Hopper, ...