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 ...

for the good of the colored race” and would “continue ... forces that Black petitioners had set in motion during the Civil War. In 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, making it illegal ...

His finest hour in uniform occurred in July of that year when the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment ... for the final scene of the Civil War drama “Glory,” which made Washington ...

(WFLA) — Lake Wales police are searching for the suspect or suspects who threw Molotov cocktails through a business’ windows and spray-painted “Civil War Trump” on the building. Last week ...