A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers.. Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually served were black. Simultaneously, photography culture blossomed-marking the Civil War as the first conflict to be extensively documented through photographs. In The Black Civil War Soldier, Deb Willis explores...

A fictional account of the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II.

Presents the story of the Black experience in United States military history.

During the final days of World War I, a regiment of daring African-American "Buffalo Soldiers" is trapped deep behind enemy lines. After one of these soldiers manages to escape, he is ordered to join a select team of white troops, led by a battle-scarred officer, to find and rescue the survivors. Casting aside their racial differences, the determined men join forces to find their lost comrades in this gripping, action-filled tale of bravery and unity....

Tells the story of the thousands of black men who served as soldiers fighting for independence from England during the American Revolutionary War.

Documents the recruitment, training, and struggles of African American soldiers during the Civil War and examines the campaigns in which they participated.

Based upon government experiments in the 1930s that left many African-American soldiers infected with syphilis, the author presents the story of one soldier, Isaiah Bradley, who survived and was called out for a dangerous mission as a substitute for Captain America.

Focuses on the experiences of African-American soldiers in the Vietnam War, experiences that reflected and amplified the struggle for civil rights in America during this same time period.