Black History Month

A brief history of this groundbreaking World War II air crew.

At a time when the United States was still divided by segregation, Navy pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner were a model of...

These nine military veterans have made a huge impact in movies and television.

Gen. Colin Powell, a son of Jamaican immigrants, rose to the top of the U.S. military.

Fred "Tiz" Morrison and William Goines were Black pioneers in naval special warfare and generally acknowledged to be the...

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of Black pilots who helped the Allies win World War II -- and helped break the military...

Lt. Col. James Harvey, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, called winning the Air Force's "Top Gun" competition in 1949 "the...

When Marlon Green applied to Continental Airlines in 1957, he didn't put his race on the application.

In recent years, the National Park Service has broadened how it presents history in parks nationwide.

On Jan. 10, 1968, Private 1st Class Clarence Sasser was part of a reconnaissance mission in southern Vietnam when his...