African-American soldiers were celebrated as returning heroes after the war. Welcome Home parades took place in small ... How did the African-American experience in the war, and in the postwar period, ...

After all, for him ... Alfonso Domingo, co-director of the documentary “Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War”, explains the unknown work of the men who defended ...

and the rise of hip hop culture in response to the War on Drugs. Consider the role of mass media in promoting African-American civil rights and disseminating African-American culture. From the ...

Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for ... In one of the bloodiest battles of the war, African American troops from the 9th Louisiana Infantry, the 1st Mississippi Infantry ...

On July 18, 1863, one of the first all-Black army regiments to serve in the Civil War stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina.

Many more worked in factories at home to support the war effort. The African American community hoped that the Jim Crow laws and the racism they experienced would end after the war.

The 1940s was an important decade in the campaign for civil ... African Americans could affect a positive difference to their lives. He went on to be a prominent campaigner for equality during ...

In 1936, civil ... Americans died in Spain. The war ended in 1939 with the triumph of Gen. Francisco Franco, the leader of the Nationalist forces who became dictator for life. Approximately 90 ...