Smith has been working toward this moment since 1992, when, as a DC Council member, he secured congressional permission to ...

But the president decided to start what may become a new tradition by sending a wreath to the African-American Civil War Memorial at Vermont Avenue and U Street Northwest in Washington.

Having previously collaborated on African American public sculptures ... placement of a historically accurate Civil War tribute. Since the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Rocky Mount lacked space ...

The African American Civil War Memorial, at the corner of Vermont Avenue, 10th St, and U Street NW in Washington, D.C., commemorates the service of 209,145 African-American soldiers and sailors ...

In a relentless rainstorm, a groundbreaking ceremony was held, attributing to the sacrifice of African American soldiers ...

Spotlight on a letter from a young Union soldier interested in a commission with an African American regiment and ... the episodes Chandler Tintype and Civil War Letters, each of which looks ...

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (artist rendering ... of color,” says Stevenson (who received a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for Social Progress in 2012).

Information or research assistance regarding American Slavery is frequently requested ... who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. A virtual exhibition on the history of African ...