In 1886, the United States Congress established six African American military units, which would later be called the Buffalo Soldiers, after the Civil War to help with the reconstruction effort ...

Wells says he is a descendant of a Confederate soldier: "It's just amazing how ... and wanted to recognize the Confederate States of America as an independent nation. In the wake of the Black ...

No Confederate states took ... did not want to antagonize the slave states loyal to the Union by setting their slaves free. The proclamation allowed black soldiers to fight for the Union ...

Student protesters toppled a controversial Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday night. The statue of a Confederate soldier, nicknamed Silent Sam ...