Walter Tull was the British Army’s first ever Black officer. Tull, who was a professional footballer at the...
Anna Mac Clarke was the first African American woman in the U.S. Army to command an otherwise all‑white...
Salem Poor was a distinguished military hero during the American Revolutionary War. He is best remembered today for his actions during the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. Poor...
William Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of...
Jeremiah “Jerry” Alvin Jones (March 30, 1858 – November 23, 1950) was an African Canadian soldier who served...
Leonard Roy Harmon was an African American sailor who died in action during World War II and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his valor. The USS Harmon (DE-678) was...
John Hanks Alexander was the second African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, following...
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., was a pioneering pilot, officer, and...
Cathay Williams (1844 – 1892), a.k.a. William Cathay, was the first known African American woman to enlist in the United States Army, and the only black woman documented to serve in...
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Powhatan Beaty served as a First Sergeant in the Union Army...
Henry Edwin Baker, Jr. was the third African American to enter the United States Naval Academy. He later...
Mark Matthews was the oldest of the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. Born on August 7, 1894, he was 111 years, 30 days old when he died. Matthews was also the oldest man...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
