A 1920s photo of two Black men embracing, part of a collection on homosexual African American men, was altered by social ...

which guaranteed the franchise for African-American men? Sarandon Elliott, Richmond, Virginia In the first years after the Revolutionary War, says Bill Pretzer, the museum’s senior history ...

Now some 270 of these images can be seen in two exhibitions sponsored by the Smithsonian's Center for African American History ... of the life and times of men and women of African descent.

Like most African American units, the 54th was led by a white man, a blue-blood named Robert ... they started across the sand in the face of rebel artillery. Shell blasts tore huge holes in ...

His instinct wasn't to turn the other cheek, but to face problems head ... him to become the first African-American to play in the majors this century. Rickey wanted a man who could restrain ...