The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

Rev. Floyd White III saluting a tombstone in the historic Butler Cemetery in Camden, New Jersey / Credit: CBS Philadelphia ...

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...

Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...

Dempsey Daniel Butler, an abolitionist, ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad and New Jersey businessman, set aside a plot of land at the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden.

The Kansas Legislature is seeking a leader for a historical mural project honoring Black soldiers in the Civil War. The mural will honor the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Four African American army regiments were stationed at Fort Davis from 1867-1885. The "Buffalo Soldiers" there and beyond were key to westward expansion of the U.S.

Harriet Tubman has long been known as a conductor on the Underground Railroad leading enslaved Black people to freedom. Less known is her role as a Union spy during the Civil War.