In the 19th century, the forced bondage and inhumane treatment of Black Americans fiercely divided the United States, North ...

By 1863, the Civil War was two years old ... which improved their reputation with white Union soldiers. The 54th Regiment faced their finest but horrendous hour two days later- the Battle of ...

The bronze sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens depicts the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the Civil War’s second African-American volunteer infantry unit. But while the memorial celebrates Black ...