When my grandfather returned to Mississippi from WWI, he was forced to flee the state by white supremacists who saw his service in France — as a Black man in an unsegregated society — as a threat.

The only black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the Six Triple Eight, will be presented Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Gen. Colin L. Powell, the youngest and first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the first Black American to serve as Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005 during former President ...