Many African American women overcame legal and social barriers to serve their country during World War II and helped lay the foundation for the civil rights movement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN)-- The honors were late but still well-received Wednesday for members of the first all-African-American ... in World War II. During the war, nearly 1,000 women from ...

National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned by the Army War College ...

Tupperware targeted women ... war prosperity, notably the period after World War I, had not led to such dramatic increases in marriage and childbearing. In the late 1940s and early 1950s ...

Patriotic posters appealing to American women for assistance during World War II led to thousands volunteering for the ...

“For more than 200 years, African Americans have participated in every ... The Airmen's success in escorting bombers during World War II is unmatched by any other fighter group — having ...

Each year, the US Department of Veterans Affairs publishes statistics of the Americans ... During World War 2, around 300,000 men in Alabama donned service uniforms, while many women in the ...

For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White Americans, while many of the inspiring contributions of African ... for women and people of color. During World War ...

Jewish Americans in World War II tells the story of the 550,000 Jewish American men and women who fought in World War II. In their own words, veterans both famous and unknown (from Hollywood ...

A second-generation immigrant, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to receive ... served in the WASPs during World War II. Courtesy of Texas Woman's University Collection Lee ...

How did the United States elect an African American president? Why is there a disproportionate concentration of African American men in state and federal prisons? How are African American women ...

As avid followers of the Met Gala may know, the purpose of the soiree is to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ...